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Ypres & Somme: WW1 Battlefields

Name: Ypres & Somme: WW1 Battlefields
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For a college trip with great educational value the WWI battlefields of Ypres and The Somme are ideal college trip destinations for pupils looking to gain an understanding of the events of 1914-1918, and experience the conditions of soldiers in trenches.

The impact and significance of World War 1 is the foundation of most modern history courses and our First World War school trips are a great way for pupils to experience first-hand what they are being taught in the classroom by taking learning outside the classroom.Subject focus:• KS 3-5: Show the conditions of the soldiers in the trenches of World War I• KS 3-5: Examine the effects of historical trends and events on ordinary people• KS 3-5: Understand how people respond to traumatic events• KS 3-5: Recognise the role of World War I in influencing later events Battlefield trips also offer a great MFL opportunity too, offering language immersion.

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ARRIVAL DAY & YPRES: Travel from your school to Ypres on full executive coach (via channel crossing by Eurotunnel or Ferry to Calais). After arriving in Ypres, you will visit the following battlefield sites including Hill 60, Caterpillar Mine, Hooge Crater and Essex Farm Cemetery. Afterwards you will head onto your accommodation and check in, followed by evening meal. You may choose to visit the Menin Gate for the Last Post Ceremony.

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Travel and the Ypres Salient

Travel to Ypres.

You will depart school by executive coach with a Channel crossing to Calais by Eurotunnel or ferry, continuing to Ypres.

The Ypres battlefield sites.

On arrival you will visit a series of battlefield sites including Hill 60, the Caterpillar Mine, Hooge Crater and Essex Farm Cemetery, before checking in to your accommodation for an evening meal. You may then choose to attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.

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A day on the Somme

The Somme battlefields.

After breakfast you will collect packed lunches and travel to the Somme to visit the Sunken Lane and Hawthorn Mine, Newfoundland Memorial Park, the Thiepval Memorial and the Somme 1916 Museum. There is also the option to swap the Sunken Lane and Hawthorn Mine for Vimy Ridge on the way.

Return to Ypres.

You will return to Ypres for your evening meal, with an optional ten-pin bowling evening.

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Remembrance and the journey home

Cemeteries and Passchendaele.

After breakfast you will collect packed lunches and check out, then visit two significant cemeteries, Langemark German Cemetery and the Tyne Cot Commonwealth Cemetery, followed by the excellent Passchendaele Museum.

Lijssenthoek and home.

If there is scope for a later Channel crossing you may also visit Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, before making your return journey home.

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Adaptable Travel can arrange an alternative WWI Battlefield program to, or in replace of those listed above. If you wish to alter the above suggested programme of events listed above, please let us know.

If you have chosen to include a Battlefield guide, they can help with family & local regiment history searches. They can rework the itinerary to add sites which relate to a school’s specific region in the UK or can research and locate a relative’s grave.

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Our Expert Battlefield Guides

You can enhance your tour with our expert battlefield gudes to guide you on your tour to the Battlefields.

Meet some of our expert guides below. All of the battlefields guides we use for our tours are Guild of Battle Guides registered meaning you will always get the best possible experience.

Steve Smith - Guide

Paul Durham - Guide

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Depart UK early morning by coach and ferry Arrive in Ypres for a guided tour of the battlefield sites (Menin Gate, Essex Farm, Tyne Cot Cemetary) rounded off with a visit to Hill 60 and Sanctuary Wood Museum Early evening visit to the Menin Gate for the Last Post Ceremony Arrive at your accommodation

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Ypres & Somme: WW1 Battlefields

Bespoke School Trips to

Battlefields - Ypres & Somme

For a college trip with great educational value the WWI battlefields of Ypres and The Somme are ideal college trip destinations for pupils looking to gain an understanding of the events of 1914-1918, and experience the conditions of soldiers in trenches.

Suggested Itinerary

Travel and the Ypres Salient

Travel to Ypres.

The Ypres battlefield sites.

A day on the Somme

The Somme battlefields.

Return to Ypres.

Remembrance and the journey home

Cemeteries and Passchendaele.

Lijssenthoek and home.

Curriculum Visits in

Battlefields - Ypres & Somme

Restaurant Vivaldi

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Langemark German Cemetery

Sunken Lane and Hawthorn Mine

Caterpillar Mine

Bowling in Ypres

WW1 Battlefield Sites

Waterloo 1815

Vimy Ridge and Canadian Memorial

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Thiepval Memorial

Somme 1916 Museum in Albert

Notre Dame de Lorette

Newfoundland Memorial Park

MESH theatre

Menin Gate & The Last Post Ceremony

Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917

Lochnagar Crater

In Flanders Field Exhibition

Hooge Crater Museum

Hill 62 and Sanctuary Wood Museum

Hill 60

Great War Historical Museum

Family & Local Regiment History Searches

Essex Farm

Our Expert Battlefield Guides

Steve Smith - Guide

Paul Durham - Guide

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Menin Gate Hostel (Menin Gate Group)

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