Jardin Lecoq: Romantic-style park in Clermont-Ferrand

Our take

The local Sunday-afternoon meeting place. Families, students, readers on the benches.

The editors · Teddy L.updated on 22 October 2026How we choose our places

Allow 45 min to 1 h 30 min
Sunday afternoon
Free
With children: yes
Dogs welcome
Wheelchair accessible
For a fine day

The big Romantic-style park in the centre of Clermont-Ferrand. 5 hectares, a pond, a waterfall and century-old trees.

Five hectares of greenery right in the centre of Clermont-Ferrand. The Jardin Lecoq is the green lung of the people of Clermont: you come to read on a bench, walk the dog (dogs are welcome) or let the children run off to the play area.

The park is named after Henri Lecoq, a pharmacist and botanist who arrived in Clermont in 1826 and ran the city's botanical garden for nearly thirty years. Its current English-style layout dates from 1863: curving paths, sloping lawns, trees that are now a century old, and a volcanic rock grotto from the same period.

You walk round the large ornamental pond, walk alongside the waterfall, pass under the roses of the pergola. Since 2026, a sixth entrance links Avenue Vercingétorix to the park by a green steel staircase. Open access. The Muséum Henri-Lecoq is right next door: natural history in the same outing.

Our honest take: it's a real slice of Clermont life. Come on a Sunday afternoon, when families, students and readers share the benches. Allow an hour, two if the sun settles in.

Why we love it

The large ornamental pond, the waterfall and the volcanic rock grotto
The children's play area under the century-old trees
The Byblis fountain (1905) and the metal footbridge of 1877
The Muséum Henri-Lecoq right next door to follow on

Top tip

The Muséum Henri-Lecoq is right next door (natural history): a way to follow on with a visit out of the rain if the weather turns. Note that the museum is closed on Mondays, opens only at 13:00 on Sundays, and its floors can only be reached by stairs.

Before you go

Buses E1 and E2 drop you at the Lecoq stop.
Dogs accepted, handy for the daily walk
Entrances accessible by wheelchair, reduced-mobility parking nearby
Sunday afternoon: family atmosphere, plan to stroll for an hour or two
The park closes at nightfall: 21:00 in summer, 18:00 in midwinter

Weather for the next 3 days

Today
17°/6°
1 mm · 31 km/h
Tomorrow
16°/5°
dry · 6 km/h
Tue 27
23°/10°
dry · 14 km/h

Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0). General lowland forecasts, to be cross-checked with specialist mountain forecasts at altitude.

Practical info

Address: Boulevard François Mitterrand, Av. Vercingétorix, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
63000 Clermont-Ferrand

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It's for you if

You want to catch your breath in green space in the middle of Clermont
You're taking the children out: play areas under century-old trees
You like English-style parks: 1863 layout, volcanic grotto and pergola roses

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You're looking for wild nature: this is a 19th-century urban park

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