Battlefield Tours
The Western Front stretches from the English Channel in the north to the Swiss border at its most southern tip. The possibilities of places to visit and explore number in there thousands.
The Somme, Arras, Ypres and Verdun Battlefields certainly attract the largest number of visitors. It's on these battlefields where we can see the highest concentration of military cemeteries, memorials, old trench lines, forts, visitor centres and museums. These are the battlefields on which I mostly guide.
There is no shortage of good, knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides touring the Western Front Battlefields, but which one is right for you?
I've been working as a tour guide on the Western Front Battlefields since 2009.
I am a former Royal Marine with operational experience, and for most of the year I am based at our home on the Somme Battlefield so perfectly situated to tour the Western Front.
I specialise in groups of friends, family groups, couples and individuals who are looking for a battlefield guide that will be exclusively yours, flexible and friendly with a great passion for relaying the stories of those who fought in the Great War.
Somme Battlefield
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One of my most popular tours is the Somme Orientation Tour. The Somme Orientation Tour is designed around the first time visitor. On the tour we visit a relevant combination of military cemeteries, memorials, preserved trenches, mine craters and other vestiges connected to the Great War. This tour leaves you with a greater understanding and appreciation of this desperate battle.
For the return visitors I have a series of walks which allows us to explore the battles within the battle. The walks take us to some of the rarely visited vestiges and isolated cemeteries.
Popular Sites on the Somme Battlefield
Sheffield Memorial Park: A quiet place to reflect on the sad reality of the first day of the battle.
Serre Road Cemetery No2: The largest and one of the most beautiful cemeteries on the Somme Battlefield.
Newfoundland Memorial Park: Walk in original trenches amongst a shell torn landscape.
The Sunken Lane: An atmospheric location to sense the real carnage of the opening day of the battle.
Ulster Tower: A lovely memorial, a great free to enter museum and a welcoming cafe stop.
Thiepval Memorial: The 72,000 names inscribed on this huge memorial speak volumes.
Lochnagar Crater: A must see enormous crater left behind after a huge underground explosion.
German Military Cemetery, Fricourt: An interesting comparison to the Commonwealth cemeteries.
Delville Wood: One of the most beautiful places of commemoration on the Somme Battlefield.