Carré du Hélin hosts seminars, conferences, conventions, team-building days, trade shows, product launches and weddings, for groups of 20 to 500 guests and up to 600 at a cocktail in its largest room. The estate has its own chef and catering team, a park of more than 2 hectares and 300 parking spaces. It is a renovated farm more than 100 years old, at 33 route de Templeuve in Ennevelin, about 20 minutes from Lille.
Seminars and company events
The estate states that it hosts around 200 seminars a year. All rooms can be divided with mobile partitions and set in theater, U-shape, banquet or cocktail layout, so a plenary session and breakout groups can run in the same building. Audio, video and IT equipment are provided, and for more technical needs the team calls on regional partners.
The park is used during the working day. The Garden Cottage, a fixed tent of 100 m² next to the park, hosts outdoor activities, music or a cooking show, and the terrace serves for breaks and drinks. With 300 parking spaces on site and quick access to the main roads of the Nord region, a group arriving by car does not need to plan parking.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the other half of the business: the estate cites around 600 weddings held on the site. It offers spaces for a secular ceremony, the drinks reception and the evening party. The Grange seats up to 300 for a wedding dinner, with large windows on the park. The Salle des Voutains, next to the Cottage, can be set aside for children during the evening. Birthdays, christenings, communions and family meals are also hosted.
Rooms and capacities
La Grange, the former barn, is the main room: 450 m², up to 600 guests at a cocktail and 300 seated for dinner, with bay windows opening on the park.
Le Cottage, the heart of the old building, covers 200 m² on the farm courtyard, in red brick typical of the region. It takes up to 250 at a cocktail and can be divided with partitions. The adjoining Salle des Voutains adds 50 m² for welcome, breaks or a second group.
La Maison covers 100 m² and takes 20 in U-shape or up to 60 in plenary layout. Its windows open onto a private garden of 200 m², which suits a smaller seminar.
The Garden Cottage is a fixed 100 m² tent in the park, used for activities and outdoor ceremonies.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Chef Thomas Laversin leads the kitchen team, which works with fresh produce for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, cocktails, barbecues and live cooking stations. The same team also caters events at other venues chosen by the client.
History and setting
The estate began as a farm building more than a century old, renovated by a family into reception rooms while keeping some original features. The team cites about 20 years of experience in events. The setting is open countryside south of Lille, with a park of more than 2 hectares around the buildings.
Getting there
The address is D145, 33 route de Templeuve, 59710 Ennevelin. Lille is about 20 minutes away by road, and Lille-Lesquin airport is a few kilometers from the estate. There are 300 parking spaces on site. A virtual tour is available on the official site.
