Fact File
Ideal for:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Key features:
Expert guide included in all tours. Top Tip:
Combine your Somme Tour with a Ypres Tour.
Expert guide included in all tours. Top Tip:
Combine your Somme Tour with a Ypres Tour.
School & College Tours to the Somme
The Somme held one of the largest battles in the First World War, between 1 July and 14 November 1916. The military forces involved suffered more than 1 million casualties during this time, making it one of the bloodiest conflicts on record.
A visit to the Battlefields will enable students to investigate the challenging conditions men faced and the complexities of trench warfare. Tour the cemeteries to appreciate the sheer scale of sacrifice, where many of the troops were barely older than your students.
Top Somme Excursions
- Vimy Ridge - The Canadian Memorial on the site of Hill 145. The taking of the Ridge was a major turning point for the Allied forces.
- Somme 1916 Museum - Portrays the everyday lives of the many soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme.
- Longueval Memorial - Commemorates the intense action of the South African Troops in Delville Wood.
- Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park - Preserves the memory of the men from many regiments (French, British and German) who fought and died on this part of the Somme battleground between September 1914 and 1918.
- Lochnager Crater - One of the original 1 July 1916 Somme craters.
- Thiepval British Memorial - The largest British battle memorial in the world; built between 1928 and 1932.
