You can find a close high school: "Communaute Educative Saint-Jean-Baptiste", in fewer than 4 minutes by car. The closest nursery is named "Velaine - Les Gros Câlins" and is 1 minute' away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Communale De Velaine", 4 minutes away by bike.
Brussels is 52 minutes away by car. Charleroi is only 16 minutes away by car. It takes about 48 minutes to reach Liège with your car. Only 20 minutes are needed to reach Namur with your car.
The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 13 minutes. The nearest train station is "Auvelais": reachable in 5 minutes by car, or 42 minutes by public transport. You only need 4 minutes to reach the motorway A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège). Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Lidl Sambreville") is only 5 minutes’ drive away.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Proxy Velaine-Sur-Sambre" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Match Wanfercée Baulet" (21 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Aldi Wanfercée-Baulet" (28 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Charleroi - 155 - Gilly - Châtelet - Tamines - Velaine - Châtelet with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Namur - Luxembourg - 23 - Namur - Spy - Onoz - Velaine, TEC Charleroi - 156 - Châtelet - Velaine - Tamines - Châtelet - Gilly with a stop 3 minutes away by foot.
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