Camping au Vert de l'Authie

Take yourself off to the 7 Valleys region for your first day trip, reachable within half an hour's drive of the site. This gorgeous land covers valleys (obvs) and forests, rivers and meadows, spanning land including the Canche valley from the river flowing into the English Channel; the battle sites of Agincourt and Crecy; the Opal Coast and the wildlife regions of the Authie river (here be otters). Green gardens are within easy reach too, such as the award-winning Jardins de Séricourt (20 minutes' drive), a stunning space of roses, dell and beech wood, or the Jardin des Lianes (25 minutes), a colourful expanse of trees, shrubs and over 450 varieties of roses. The gardens of Maizicourt, 19 green spaces around an 18th-century castle, are under 10 minutes' drive away.. Plunge into the forest around Hesdin, half an hour away in the centre of the 7 Valleys, for over 10,000 hectares of woodland, walking and biking trails, and plentiful wildlife such as deer and rabbits. It's about an hour's hike from one end of the forest to t'other; pick up a map at the tourist office in Hesdin town.