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History Trip to Ypres & Somme (WWI)
Key Highlights
Location
Ypres, Somme
Subject
History & Politics, WWII
Duration
4 days, 3 nights
Transport
Coach
About this trip
With its historical significance during WWI on the battlefields of Ypres, this tour is a perfect choice to aid students’ understanding of this period in history. Visits to the war museums, memorials and other sites, will give the students first-hand experience of the living conditions and destructiveness of war. This 4 day option gives you an extra day to explore the Somme region in addition to Ypres. New educational workshops available – see our ‘In Flanders Fields Museum’ information under excursions.
Sample Itinerary
Day 1 Find out more
- Depart from school by coach
- Connect with channel crossing
- Yorkshire Trench and Dug Out
- Arrive at accommodation
Day 2 Find out more
- In Flanders Field Museum
- Sanctuary Wood
- Hill 60
- Tyne Cot Cemetery
- Passchendaele
- Langemark Cemetery
- Menin Gate
Day 3 Find out more
- Depart accommodation
- Essex Farm
- Poperinge
- Return back to the UK on coach
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Excursion Ideas
History WW1
Ulster Tower, Thiepval
The tower is the memorial both to the 36th division and all Ulstermen who fought in the Great War…
History WW1
Yorkshire Trench and Dugout
The Yorkshire trench was discovered when developing an industrial site. A memorial site was constructed with the trench restored…
History WW1
In Flanders Fields Museum
A superb museum with hundreds of authentic objects and images from WWI which are presented in a modern, experience-orientated…
History WW1
Sanctuary Wood Museum
One of the few places in the area where students can see a trench layout and gain understanding of…
History WW1
Hill 60
Hill 60 is a memorial site that was an invaluable vantage point much fought over by both sides during…
History WW1
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial
The largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world and resting place of nearly 12,000 soldiers. Many of those who…
History WW1
Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917
The museum gives an overview of WWI in the region and the Battle of Passchendaele where, in 1917, half…
History WW1
Langemark German Cemetery
More than 44,000 soldiers are buried in this German war cemetery. The village was the scene of the first…
History WW1
Menin Gate
The Menin Gate memorial bears the names of over 54,000 officers and men from United Kingdom and Commonwealth Forces…
History WW1
Essex Farm Cemetery
The cemetery was used by several British divisions holding this sector from 1915 to August 1917. 1,200 servicemen from…
History WW1
Talbot House
Visitors can view a permanent exhibition of life behind the lines in the old hop barn, discover what a…
History WW1
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park
Located near Beaumont Hamel, this park is one of only a few sites on the Western Front where the…
History WW1
Lochnagar Crater
The Lochnagar Crater at La Boiselle is almost 91m in diameter and 21m deep. The result of a mine…
History WW1
Somme 1916 museum in Albert
Somme 1916 museum is located in a tunnel complex beneath the city that was also used as shelters in…
History WW1
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing & Museum
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and…
History WW1
Hooge Crater Museum
The Hooge Crater Museum has become Belgium's best private WWI museum. With its life-size reconstructions of World War I…
Accommodation Options
Accommodation
Gasthof ‘t Zweerd
Ypres
Located directly on the Grote Markt in Ieper, the Gasthof 't Zweerd is less than 100 metres from the…
Accommodation
Menin Gate Youth Hotel
Ypres
This youth group hotel is in a great location right by the Menin Gate itself! Sole occupancy is possible…
Accommodation
Oude Abdij
Close to Ypres
Located in Lo-Reninge, 20 km from Plopsaland De Panne, Hotel Oude Abdij provides accommodation with a garden. Located 37…
Accommodation
Poppies 1 & 2
Ypres
Home sweet home for groups of up to 130 and a minimum of 25 in the historical center of…
Accommodation
Ypres Lodge
Close to Ypres
This hotel is great for school groups - the location is just outside Ypres but is still within walkable…
Curriculum Links
KS4 (GCSE)
AQA: Life on the frontline, trench warfare, social and technological impact of WWI
Edexcel: Conflict and warfare 1914–1918; leadership, strategy, and technological developments
OCR: Warfare and society / Causes, conduct, and consequences of WWI
KS5 (A-Level)
AQA: Military strategy, leadership, and decision-making; social and political effects of WWI
Edexcel: The First World War – campaigns, tactics, and technological change; consequences for European society
OCR: Warfare, leadership, and society; human experience and analysis of military operations in WWI
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