The 1st July 2021 marks the 105th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the defining battles of the Great War and a turning point in British history. Heralded as the ‘Big Push’, in one day alone more than 57,000 men became casualties, and in a battle that lasted 141 days it would become the graveyard of the Pals, of Kitchener’s Army. Join with us as we travel to the haunting Somme battlefields and attend the ceremony at Thiepval on the anniversary.
5 days from £459 pp
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Local departure by coach, then to our hotel in Belgium or northern France for a four-night stay.
We begin our tour of the Somme Battlefields in the northern sector, visiting the area at Gommecourt, and later at Serre. Here we walk up onto the battlefield where the Northern Pals battalions fought on the Somme, with men from Accrington, Barnsley, Bradford, Hull, Leeds, and Sheffield went into action, and fell in such great numbers.
After lunch in Albert we visit the Somme 1916 Museum beneath the town, and then look at life behind the lines on the Somme seeing Heilly Station Cemetery and then going to Vignacourt where we look at the amazing collection of WW1 images in the ‘Maison des Australien’ museum, which showcases a unique archive of portraits of soldiers taken in the village.
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We start today at Beaumont-Hamel, visiting the Sunken Lane and the Hawthorn Mine Crater, which was blown on the opening day of the Somme offensive. At Thiepval we visit the Ulster Tower Memorial and spend time at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing and the nearby Visitors' Centre.
After lunch, we look at the later fighting on the Somme, seeing the battlefield areas at High Wood, Delville Wood, Flers and the Le Transloy Ridge.
Included Highlights
Today is the 105th Anniversary of the First Day of the Somme. We attend the morning ceremony at the Thiepval Memorial, arranged by the local British Legion Somme Branch. In the afternoon we visit some 1st July battlefields at Ovillers, La Boisselle, Mametz and Montauban.
Included Highlights
Return home.
Travel Insurance from £30.00 (5 days) (includes insurance premium tax, prices per person).
Book online OR call our friendly travel advisers on:
01709 787 463
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
You will stay for four nights at a minimum 3-star hotel in Belgium or northern France.
Front row seats can be reserved for £15pp (up to 6 days duration), £25pp (7 and 8 days duration), £30pp (9 to 11 days) or £35pp (12 days or more) on all European tours. This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on our Executive and Silver Service coaches and for one or two persons on our Luxuria coaches and is subject to availability. In addition to this, seats on the second row can be reserved for a supplement of £8pp (up to 6 days duration), £15pp (7 and 8 days duration), £18pp (9 to 11 days) or £22pp (12 days or more).
Guaranteed front or second row seats cannot be reserved on transfer journeys to/from the UK port. Occasionally, front and second row seats may be on a request only basis.
Please note: children under 15 years of age are not permitted to sit in the front seats of any coach.
On some coaches the legroom on front seats, central view seats and seats directly in front of the washroom may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled or merged for any reason and front or second row seats or central view seats or table seats are not available on your tour, you will be refunded any supplement paid. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
Central View Seats are available to pre-book free of charge.
Table Seats are available to pre-book free of charge on our Luxuria coaches.
Transfer coaches are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure. The route taken depends on where paassengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
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Why not go the night before your tour for a relaxing start?
You can park for FREE for up to nine days at the Holiday Inn Ashford North and enjoy an overnight stay with English breakfast from just £41.50 per person (Based on 2 sharing a twin/double room on a B&B basis, subject to availability. Single supplements and terms and conditions apply.) We’ll then collect you from the hotel on the day of departure and return you there at the end of your holiday.
To book this package, please call the hotel on 01233 713333, select option 1, quoting ‘Leger Holidays’ and your booking reference. If your holiday is longer than seven days you can pay for additional days’ parking. Ask one of our friendly reservations team for more details when you book your holiday
On most holidays if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Stop 24 services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines. Excludes holidays to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
To book this tour, just give our friendly team a call on 01709 787 463 or book online at www.leger.co.uk