Remembrance Travel tours for schools and young people

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western
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one-day toUr
Your itinerary could include:
Depart school by coach to Channel
Tunnel at Folkestone
Guide briefing on the Shuttle whilst
travelling to Calais
Groups to watch DVD about the area
on coach as we travel to Ypres
Visit Menin Gate and learn about
those featured on the walls of this
prestigious memorial
Packed lunch
See Hill 62 and Hooge Crater and
Trenches
Hear the story of Hill 60 – the
bunkers, tunnels and crater
Act of Remembrance – Bedford
House Commonwealth War
Graves Commission Cemetery
Travel back to Ypres for early evening
meal in the square
Opportunity to visit a local Belgian
chocolate shop
Last Post Ceremony at Menin
Gate – students to lay wreath on
behalf of their group
Coach to depart Ypres for the Shuttle
Arrive at Folkestone and return home.
tWo-day toUr
Your itinerary could include:
Day One
Depart school by coach to Channel
Tunnel at Folkestone
Guide briefing on the Shuttle whilst
travelling to Calais
Groups to watch DVD about the
area on coach as we travel to the
Somme battlefields
Visit the Thiepval Memorial
and Education Centre, explore
diversity and the names on the
memorial
See the excavated trenches at
Ulster Tower
See the Lochnagar Crater and
hear about mining strategy
Depart Somme for Ypres
Participate in the Last Post
Ceremony at Menin Gate –
Wreath Laying Ceremony
Day Two
Travel to Essex Farm and hear
the story of John McCrae and see
the graves of Pt. Strudwick and
Pt. Barratt VC
Visit the Hill 60 bunkers, tunnels
and crater
Visit Hill 62 and explore The
Hooge Crater, museum and
preserved trenches
See the dug out experience at the
Passchendaele Museum
Visit Tyne Cot Commonwealth
War Graves Commission
Cemetery & Visitors Centre
Participate in an Act of
Remembrance at Tyne Cot
Visit the Langemarck German
Cemetery and hear about the way
they remember
Coach to depart Ypres for the
Shuttle
Arrive at Folkestone and return home.
Somme Verdun
& Péronne
Ypres
When exploring the Western Front, your aims,
objectives and budget will all affect the places of
interest your group will want to visit. You may wish
to follow the history of poetry throughout the war,
the diversity of those who fought, or even trace the
history of a former member of your school or group.
All our Remembrance Travel Guides are recruited
based on their interests and knowledge, and fully
trained when accepted onto the programme.
Whatever you may wish to study, we are confident
we can deliver a customised tour to suit your needs.
Most commonly, a tour of the Western Front
includes Ypres, the Somme or a combination
of the two. However, stops en-route from Calais
or locations south of the Somme battlefield, such
as Peronne or Verdun can also be incorporated
into your tour.
Here are three examples of tours to inspire you.
If something is not included that you expected,
why not give us a call and we can design something
just for you?
three-day toUr
Day One
Depart school by coach to Channel
Tunnel at Folkestone
Guide briefing on the Shuttle whilst
travelling to Calais
Visit the Sunken Road where the
Lancashire Fusiliers filmed the
battle of the Somme
See the Hawthorn Ridge crater
and hear about mining strategy
See the excavated trenches at
Ulster Tower
Visit the Newfoundland Memorial
Park and hear about the Empire and
Commonwealth soldiers
See the Lochnagar Crater
Visit the Thiepval Memorial and
Education Centre
Day Two
Visit Serre and hear the tale of the
Army battalions of the 1st July 1916
Visit Mametz Wood and the 38th
Division Memorial
See Fricourt German Cemetery,
the resting place of 17,027 soldiers
Explore Delville Wood and the
South African Memorial –
opportunity to lay a wreath
Depart Somme for Ypres
Participate in the Last Post
Ceremony at Menin Gate – Wreath
Laying Ceremony
Day Three
Visit the Hill 60 bunkers, tunnels
and crater
Explore Bayernwald, German
trenches
Travel to Essex Farm and hear
the story of John McCrae, Pt.
Strudwick and Pt. Barratt VC
Visit the ‘In Flanders Fields’
Museum in Ypres square
See Hill 62 and explore The
Hooge Crater, museum and
preserved trenches
Free time in Ypres with an opportunity
to visit a Belgian chocolate shop
Visit Lijssenthoek Cemetery, the
second largest Commonwealth War
Graves Commission in Belgium
Participate in an Act of
Remembrance at Lijssenthoek
Coach to depart Ypres for the Shuttle
Arrive at Folkestone and return home.
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