Things to do with kids in Arras

Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Arras, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 14 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.

Leisure parks

Take a spin on the Loos Parc rides

Le Loos Parc · Loos-en-Gohelle (62)

From age 2 · Indoor and outdoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Near Lens, this 8,500 m² park lines up rides designed for 2 to 12-year-olds: hook-a-duck, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars and a little train.

Museums and science

Travel through time at the Louvre-Lens

Musée Louvre-Lens · Lens (62)

All ages · Indoor · Free · Good on rainy days

In one long hall without partitions, the Galerie du temps displays more than 200 masterpieces from the Louvre, from Antiquity to the 19th century, and children watch the centuries go by as…

Pools, beaches and water

Whizz down the slide at Aquarena in Arras

Aquarena · Arras (62)

All ages · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

At the entrance to Arras, this aquatic complex offers a 25-metre sports pool, a leisure pool of about 250 m² with a slide and a paddling pool for the youngest.

Sport and adventure

Fly over the moats of Arras citadel

Cit'Loisirs · Arras (62)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In the woods of the Vauban citadel, a fifteen minute walk from the station, eleven tree trail courses climb up to fourteen metres.

Leisure parks

Bowl a few frames at SpeedPark Arras

SpeedPark Arras · Arras (62)

From age 6 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

On the edge of Arras, this air conditioned complex brings together bowling, laser tag in a maze, a quiz room with buzzers and arcade machines.

Castles and heritage

Go down into the tunnels of the Great War

Carrière Wellington · Arras (62)

From age 6 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Twenty metres under Arras, these former chalk quarries sheltered thousands of British soldiers before the 1917 attack.

Pools, beaches and water

Ride the white water river near Arras

Riverside Park · Saint-Laurent-Blangy (62)

From age 6 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

On the edge of Arras, along the Scarpe, this water sports base has an artificial river where you shoot the rapids by raft from nine.

Shows and workshops

Catch a show at La Gare

Espace culturel La Gare · Méricourt (62)

From age 3 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

This hall in Méricourt hosts part of the Culture Commune season, with theatre, music and puppetry.

Parks and nature

Climb Europe's highest slag heaps

Terrils jumeaux et base 11/19 · Loos-en-Gohelle (62)

From age 6 · Outdoor · Free

Above the former 11/19 pit in Loos-en-Gohelle, the twin slag heaps rise to 186 metres, the highest in Europe, in a mining basin listed by UNESCO.

Shows and workshops

Catch a show at Bully

Espace culturel François Mitterrand · Bully-les-Mines (62)

From age 6 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

This hall in Bully-les-Mines hosts Culture Commune shows: theatre, puppetry and music.

Leisure parks

Play laser tag on a giant playing field

Team Square · Hénin-Beaumont (62)

From age 3 · Indoor and outdoor · Over €25 · Good on rainy days

Near Hénin-Beaumont, Team Square brings together 60,000 square metres of outdoor fields and 7,500 indoors for more than twenty activities.

Leisure parks

Play at Gulli Parc Hénin-Beaumont

Gulli Parc Hénin-Beaumont · Hénin-Beaumont (62)

From age 1 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

In the Bord des Eaux retail park, this indoor park has a discovery corner for 1 to 3 year olds with a parent, games to play as a family and play frames…