Recreational land for sale in Somme: ponds, woods, meadows and cabins

Looking for recreational land for sale in Somme (80) means targeting a department shaped by the Somme valley and its marshes, the Santerre plateau given over to large-scale arable farming, and the Somme bay coastline: hortillonnages and wet meadows around Amiens, plateau woods in the Ponthieu and the Vimeu, plots behind the dunes towards Le Crotoy. On this page, ma-propriete.fr gathers the listings of recreational land for sale in Somme: a valley meadow, plateau woodland, marshland, a plot with a pond.

You will find price benchmarks drawn from actual sales, an overview of the areas where these plots are concentrated and the points to check before buying a parcel in an agricultural or natural zone. Before any viewing, go through our guide on how to turn agricultural land into recreational land: it sets out what planning rules permit on an agricultural or natural parcel, and what they prohibit. Somme has no TGV station apart from TGV Haute-Picardie, an isolated station between Amiens and Saint-Quentin near Péronne: the department's other towns are linked to Paris by express regional trains.

How much does recreational land cost in Somme (80) in 2025?

There is no such thing as a "recreational land price" in the French notarial records: the DVF database records sales of agricultural land, woodland and ponds, and a recreational plot is priced against these three benchmarks, higher or lower depending on what it adds (vehicle access, a water point, fencing, an existing shelter, a village nearby). The table below gives, for each benchmark, the sales recorded in 2025 in Somme (80), the median price and the range between the first decile (floor) and the ninth decile (ceiling), with the national figure for comparison.

Bare agricultural land is well above the national median (€5,307/ha), with the median price moving +18.6% between 2020 and 2025. Woodland trades well above the national benchmark (€4,934/ha), and a pond, a much rarer asset, is valued per square metre of water and banks. To compare a listing, bring everything back to the square metre: €8,655/ha of bare land is €0.87/m², against €4.32/m² for a pond. Recreational land, almost always classified as an agricultural or natural zone, generally sells slightly above bare agricultural land; but it usually remains subject to the SAFER land agency's right of pre-emption, and the SAFER may pre-empt with a downward price revision if the price is excessive compared with local land prices. These benchmarks therefore also help you avoid paying a price the SAFER would challenge.

Find the detail by department, plot size and year in our agricultural land price observatory and in the forest price observatory. Source: DVF (Demandes de valeurs foncières), 2025 sales, processed by ma-propriete.fr; medians published from 30 sales upwards. * Fewer than 30 sales in the department: the benchmark shown is the regional figure for "Pond".

What makes recreational land for sale in Somme specific

Marshes of the Somme valley, plateaus and coastline: the plots of Somme

The Somme valley, from Amiens to Abbeville, holds the department's most sought-after wetlands: former hortillonnages, floodable meadows, pools and ponds from former peat workings later converted, now prized for fishing and wildfowling. The Santerre and Somme Vermandois plateaus, given over to cereal and sugar-beet farming, offer little non-constructible land outside the secondary valleys.

Woodland is concentrated in the Ponthieu, around Crécy-en-Ponthieu and Hesdin, and in the Vimeu, towards Friville-Escarbotin, on more uneven ground. On the coast, between the Somme bay, Le Crotoy and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a few salt meadows and plots behind the dunes remain, tightly regulated under site-protection rules. The Authie valley, to the north, still offers bocage meadows with hedgerows and small woods. Towards Doullens and the inland Ponthieu, on the border with Pas-de-Calais, a few plateau woods and bocage meadows extend the landscape of the neighbouring Boulonnais.

Where to look: the Somme valley, the Somme bay, the Ponthieu

The Somme valley, from Amiens to Abbeville via Corbie and Picquigny, holds most of the supply of marshland, wet meadows and ponds. The Somme bay, around Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Rue, is attractive for its natural setting, but the land supply there is rare and heavily protected. The Ponthieu, around Crécy-en-Ponthieu and Hesdin, and the Vimeu, towards Friville-Escarbotin, offer plateau woods and meadows at more accessible prices. The Santerre, an arable plateau between Amiens and Péronne, leaves little room for recreational land. The A16 motorway, crossing the department from north to south, and the A29 towards Saint-Quentin, make it easier to reach the rural areas of the Santerre and the Vimeu.

The Somme valley and the surroundings of the bay trade well above the rest of the department, while the Ponthieu, the Vimeu and the Santerre remain generally more affordable for a wood or an ordinary agricultural plot.

Points to check before buying recreational land in Somme

The local planning document (PLU) classifies almost all of these plots as agricultural (A) or natural (N): a cabin, a chalet or a light leisure dwelling cannot be installed freely, and long-term parking of a caravan or a mobile home is regulated. In the Somme valley, access to a marshland plot is sometimes only possible by boat or along a towpath, which makes it essential to check the exact rights of way. On the coast and around the Somme bay, the coastal law (loi Littoral) and Natura 2000 zoning heavily restrict any building, even a light one.

Water and electricity are often missing outside well-equipped villages. A pond or a marshland plot is governed by the French water law, with maintenance of the dam and outlet at the owner's expense. On the cereal plateaus, SAFER may exercise its right of pre-emption if the asking price departs from the local land market, which lengthens the sale. Have the exact cadastral area checked, along with whether a boundary survey exists, particularly for Somme valley plots crossed by ditches and watergangs.

The listings of recreational land in Somme published on ma-propriete.fr come from private sellers, estate agents and notaries. Filter by area, price and the presence of water, then set up an e-mail alert to be notified of new plots. You can also widen your search to recreational land for sale in Hauts-de-France. Support from a local professional remains useful to confirm the exact zoning of a plot before making an offer.