WWI Battlefield Trips – Ypres Salient & The Somme

On the Ypres Salient our itineraries usually focus on the events of 1917, the battles of Messines and Third Ypres, often known as Passchendaele, in which terrible casualties were taken on both sides. At the Somme on 1st July 1916, the British Army suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, the campaign then continued until mid-November for a maximum gain of seven miles. An added visit to Verdun can add a French dimension to your students' studies.

Curriculum Focus

Following the events of 1917, a tour to the Ypres area concentrates on the period from the beginning of The Messines Offensive in June to the end of The Passchendaele Offensive in November. Other events within The Salient are also studied. On The Somme, a tour will follow the events of the 1st July in considerable detail.

Ypres Salient Visits		The Somme Visits
Menin Gate & Last Post Ceremony In Flanders Fields Exhibition Sanctuary Wood Museum & Hill 62 Hill 60 & Caterpillar Crater Passchendaele Memorial Museum Tyne Cot British Cemetery Langemark German Cemetery Talbot House Essex Farm Cemetery & Dressing Station		Thiepval Memorial & Visitor Centre Newfoundland Park Lochnagar Crater Albert 1916 Museum Delville Wood Museum Tank Corps Memorial Ulster Tower Accrington Pals Memorial Vimy Ridge Wellington Quarry

3-Day Inclusive WWI Ypres Salient & The Somme Package from only £185pp* travelling November 2010

Morning Afternoon Evening Day 1 Morning departure from school In Flanders Field Exhibition, Menin Gate & St Georges Church Check into accommodation Evening meal. Local orientation. Day 2 Lochnager Crater & Delville Wood Thiepval Memorial & Visitors Centre, Ulster Tower, Newfoundland Memorial Park, Beaumont Hamel & Serre Pals Memorial Meal at Den Anker restaurant. Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. Day 3 Croonaert Wood, Spanbroekmolen Crater & Sanctuary Wood Tyne Cot British Cemetery & Langemark German Cemetery. Depart for return journey to school.

Price includes: Executive coach transport from & to school & throughout your stay¹  2 nights full-board accommodation at Youth Hostel De Lork includes packed lunch from day 2 Visits & restaurant meal shown Extensive group travel insurance  Generous free place ratio of 1 in 8

*Price shown based on 35 paying passengers departing on 01/11/10 from a Zone A departure point & is subject to availablility. Entrance fees fro some of the visits featured may be payable locally, but are included in the price shown¹ Subject to EU drivers' regulations.

Other dates & prices are available. Please call for details.