WWI Battlefield Tours
Guided Tours of Somme & Ypres
  •  Tailor Made Programme
  •  Full Day on the Ypres Battlefields
  •  Tyne Cot, Langemark German Cemetery, Hill 62, Menin Gate
  •  Full Day on the Somme Battlefields
  •  Beaumont Hamel, Newfoundland Park, Thiepval, Lochnagar Crater
  •  Mix and Match with other products
  •  Prices from £89

It is not until you visit the cemeteries, trenches and memorials do you fully appreciate the true history of the First World War. As most families in the UK had relatives either killed or wounded, this surely makes the Battlefields Guided Tours a must for every School visiting Le Château.

Our expert Guides concentrate on the Battlefields of the Somme and Ypres, and will work in association with History Teachers to provide a tailor-made tour to maximise the pupils experience whilst in France.

Our Châteaux are based in the Somme, where in 1916 sixty thousand British Soldiers, half of the attacking force, and every man a volunteer, were lost on the first day of the battle alone.

Further afield we travel to Ypres or 'Wipers' as it was known to the troops, which was a beautifully preserved medieval town in 1914, and remained in British hands but by 1918 it was totally obliterated.

The few square miles to the east, the Ypres Salient, became a lunar landscape of craters and the village of Passchendaele, became a byword for horror. In 1917 the British Army inched forward for an agonising three miles and 35 died for every muddy metre gained.

Newfoundland Park, British and German trenches at Beaumont Hamel, the Thiepval Memorial, the Lochnagar Crater, Tyne Cot British Cemetery, Langemark German Cemetery, Hill 62/Sanctuary Wood, the Menin Gate Memorial.

WWI Battlefield Tours Course Benefits


Sample 5 day course

Day Session 1 (am) Session 2 (am) Session 3 (pm) Session 4 (pm) Session 5 (evening)
Monday       Travel to Le Château to arrive for evening meal Château Olympics
Tuesday Tour of the Ypres Battlefields Quiz Night
Wednesday Trip to Paris, Disney or Parc Asterix
Thursday Tour of the Somme Battlefields Evening Walk
Friday     Depart after lunch    

*Optional Extra
Entrance fees are extra.

All students require sleeping bags, pillow, pillowcase and towels.


WWI Battlefield Tours Prices

Prices quoted are in conjunction with Booking Condition Clauses



2023 Prices Include
Executive coach, ferry costs, road tolls
Use of coach for local excursions (Subject to EU regulations)
Full board
En suite accommodation
All equipment and instruction (as specified)
Evening Entertainment
VAT on tour operator margins
1:10 free teacher places


2023 Optional Extras
Entrance Fees to excursions
Meals en route
Pupils spending money
Travel Insurance - £20 per person
Small group supplement (i.e. less than 35 paying passengers)
Outdoor activities @ £20 per half day
Language Module @ £14 per half day
Euro Tunnel £350 per coach (included in courses 3 days or less)
Scottish schools, please call for supplements


Guaranteed no currency surcharges

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2024 Prices Include
Executive coach, ferry costs, road tolls
Use of coach for local excursions (Subject to EU regulations)
Full board
En suite accommodation
All equipment and instruction (as specified)
Evening Entertainment
VAT on tour operator margins
1:10 free teacher places


2024 Optional Extras
Entrance Fees to excursions
Meals en route
Pupils spending money
Travel Insurance - £20 per person
Small group supplement (i.e. less than 35 paying passengers)
Outdoor activities @ £20 per half day
Language Module @ £14 per half day
Euro Tunnel £350 per coach (included in courses 3 days or less)
Scottish schools, please call for supplements


Guaranteed no currency surcharges

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