WW1 Battlefield Tour Companies and Guides
There are many individual guides and organizations offering a wide range of tours to the WW1 battlefields. Tours are available to suit most needs. They may vary in length from half day visits to several days. Transport can range from using your own vehicle all the way up to a full sized coach and accommodation may be included or arranged by you.
The tour may offer a general overview of a battlefield area visiting well known sites or you may be “walking the ground” on a more specialized study tour. In many cases a bespoke tour will be available to give a personalized visit to the war grave of a relative or place of action for family historians. Do remember to give your guide plenty of notice if you wish to do this.
There are a number of battlefield tour organizations which provide tours for school groups and teachers. School battlefield tours are aimed at specific Key Stage learning. A list of these specialist school tour companies is given below the main list.
Battlefield Tours for SchoolsWhichever way you choose to visit the battlefields, it is sure to be a fascinating and a thought-provoking experience. Many of the experienced guides now taking people to visit the 1914-1918 battlefields began their own interest in the subject with a visit to see where a relative was in action.
The following list gives an overview of organizations offering tours to the battlefields:
Advance! Bespoke Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1728 603 645
Website: www.advancebattlefieldtours.co.uk
Back-Roads Touring Co. Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)208 9870 99
Website: www.backroadstouring.co.uk
Bartletts Battlefield Journeys Ltd.
Telephone: +44 (0)1507 - 523 128
Website: www.battlefields.co.uk
Battle Honours
Telephone: +44 (0)1462 - 815 124
Website: www.battle-honours.co.uk
Battlefield Breaks.com
Telephone: +44 (0)845 344 0342
Website: www.battlefield-breaks.com
The Battlefield Guide: Frank Toogood
Telephone: +44 (0)1916 45 1812
Website: www.thebattlefieldguide.com
Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)121 459 9008
Website: www.battlefieldtours.org
Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +32 (0)57 - 20 43 42
Website: www.visit-ypres.be
Bird Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8752 0956 or +44 (0)1243 789077
Website: www.birdbattlefieldtours.com
Flanders Battlefield Tour
Telephone: +32 (0)57 - 360 460
Website: www.ypres-fbt.com
Dr. Thomson's Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1227 - 455 922
Website: www.drttours.co.uk
Entente Cordiale Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1244 - 341 920
Website: www.ententecordialetours.co.uk
Frontline Tours
Telephone: +32(0)474 36 76 08
Telephone: +32(0)57 444 680
Website: www.frontline-tours.com
Guided Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1633 - 258 207
Website: www.guidedbattlefieldtours.co.uk
Holts Tours Battlefields and History
Telephone: +44 (0)1293 - 865 000
Website: www.holts.co.uk
In the Footsteps
Telephone: +44 (0)1989 - 565 599
Website: www.inthefootsteps.com
Kimber Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)592 - 642 466
Website: www.kimberbattlefieldtours.co.uk
Kingshead Adventures Bespoke Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1689 - 837 736
Website: www.kingsheadadventures.com
Leger Holidays Guided Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)845- 408 07 53
Website: battlefields.leger.co.uk
Mike Hodgson Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1526 342 249
Website: www.mhboattlefieldtours.co.uk
The Original Over the Top Tours
Telephone: +32 (0)57 332 900
Website: www.overthetoptours-ypres.be
Over the Top Tours
Telephone: +32 (0)57 - 42 43 20
Website: www.overthetoptours.be
Pillow
Telephone: +44 (0)7970 - 065 852
Website: www.pillow.co.uk
Poppy Travel
Telephone: +44 (0)1622 716 729
Website: www.poppytravel.org.uk
Salient Tours
Telephone: +32 (0)57- 214 657
Website: www.salienttours.be
SBT Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +32 (0)478 329 929
Website: www.sbt-ypers.be
Skylark Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1354 696 779
Website: www.skylarkbattlefieldtours.co.uk
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd.
Telephone: +44 (0)1202 - 880 211
Website: www.battlefield-tours.com
Spider Holidays Ltd. Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)845 373 3015
Website: www.spiderholidays.co.uk
Spirit of History
Telephone: +44 (0)1883 744 342
Website: www.spiritofhistory.co.uk
Terres de Mémoire
Telephone: +33 (0)3.22.84.23.05
Website: www.terresdememoire.com
Trench Map Tours
Telephone: +32 (0)57 - 48 61 31
Website: www.trenchmaptours.com
War Research Society Battlefield Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)121 - 430 5348
Website: www.battlefieldtours.co.uk
Williamsomme Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)1795 538 069 or +44 (0)1795 591863
Website: www.williamsommetours.co.uk
Battlefield Tours for Schools
Equity School Travel
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 - 648 248
Website: www.equityschooltravel.co.uk
Halsbury Travel
Telephone: +44 (0)115 9404 303 or 07000 150 300
Website: www.halsbury.com
Holts Tours Battlefields and Education
Telephone: +44 (0)1293 - 865 000
Website: www.holts.co.uk
Kingswood Centres for Education and Adventure
Telephone: +44 (0)1603 - 309 300
Website: www.kingswood.co.uk
NST Group
Telephone: +44 (0)845 - 671 0072
Website: www.nstgroup.co.uk
Poppy Travel
Telephone: +44 (0)1622 716 729
Website: www.poppytravel.org.uk
Schools into Europe
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2052 2236
Website: www.schoolsintoeurope.com
Schools Travel Service (STS)
Telephone: +44 (0)870 240 6828
Website: ststravel.co.uk
Skylark Battlefield Tours for Schools and Colleges
Telephone: +44 (0)1354 696 779
Website: www.skylarkbattlefieldtours.co.uk
Sporting Destinations: Worldwide Sports and Educational Tours
Telephone: +44 (0)845 - 337 9180
Website: www.sportingdestinations.co.uk
Travelbound
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 - 265 265
Website: www.travelbound.co.uk