Full-day or half-day
The Forest Centre is one of three educational facilities in the Park. It is approved by the French Ministry of Youth & Sport and the Ministry of Education.
Built in the heart of the national forest of Saint-Amand-Raismes-Wallers, the Forest Centre hosts school and leisure centre groups for full- or half-day events. Young visitors are supervised on the site by professional nature guides offering organised events customised to meet the wishes of the teachers or holiday/leisure centre representatives. They will be able to enjoy permanent and temporary exhibitions within the forest setting and benefit from an extremely rich natural environment, in the heart of the Sabatier site, an area of 173 hectares comprising an expanse of forest, a flat slag heap, a conical slag heap (the highest in the Valenciennois) and three ponds resulting from mining subsidence.
From April to October, the Forest Centre also offers the general public guided outings on Sunday mornings, focussing on forest diversity, frogs, bats, owls, mushrooms, etc., as well as a tour of its museum space and information room.
Maison de la Forêt Etoile de la Princesse Site de Sabatier 59590 Raismes Tel: +33 (0)3 27 36 72 72. maison-de-la-foret@pnr-scarpe-escaut.fr
