The Lanscape Value of the Park as a whole is high. There has been no serious damage to the landscape (no industrial estates or high voltage wires).

The landscape is very different from that of neighbouring regions (with the exception of the Bavaisis) and from what the great majority of the population of surrounding areas (Valenciennes and Mons-Borinage) know and are used to seeing: the presence of forests, rivers, and fast-running streams, waterfalls, steep-sided valleys, promontories, villages nestling in the valley-bottoms and on the tops of plataeux all make a complete change of scene.

Thanks to these characteristics, the Hauts-Pays Nature Park is highly attractive for the neighbouring populaces. Hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of Valenciennes and Mons-Borinage can find an area in their immediate neighbourhood (less than 20 km away) where they can feel they are somewhere completely different.

And, as an additional attraction, the presence can be noted of many viewpoints overlooking the areas the potential visitors come from (over the valley of the Haine and even the Escaut, the region of Mons and the Borinage, etc.).

The habitat

is essentially of a rural nature, with many old buildings in the traditional "tournaisien" style (especially from the 18th century, characterised by the alternating matching stones and rows of bricks round the bays). These old buildings are much sought-after and restored as secondary or main residences, often by people from outside the Hauts-Pays Nature Park.