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Ypres Salient - Places of Major interest
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres: WITH HISTORICAL OBJECTS, DOCUMENTARY FILMS, AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS, MODELS AND MUCH MORE. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN TOUCH THE FIRST WORLD WAR. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE WAR THROUGH THE
EYES OF SOLDIERS, NURSES AND CIVILIANS. MOST OF ALL YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION AND REBIRTH OF YPRES, A SYMBOL OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO LOOK AT THE PAST AND DRAW LESSONS FROM IT FOR THE FUTURE. THIS MUSEUM IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST
FLOOR OF THE RECONSTRUCTED CLOTH HALL IN THE MARKET SQUARE. MANY OTHER BUILDINGS IN YPRES ARE WORTHY OF NOTE INCLUDING THE TOWN HALL, ST. MARTIN’S CATHEDRAL AND ST. GEORGE’S MEMORIAL CHURCH.
The Menin Gate: THE FAMOUS BRITISH WAR MEMORIAL OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT EDIFICE IN YPRES TO THE BRITISH VISITOR. DESIGNED BY SIR REGINALD BLOMFIELD, THE NAMES OF 54,896 MISSING SOLDIERS ARE ENGRAVED
ON ITS WALLS. EVERY EVENING SINCE 1928, THE LAST POST HAS BEEN SOUNDED BENEATH ITS IMPOSING ARCHES. YOUR GROUP MAY WISH TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY FOR THE LAST POST IN WHICH CASE A PACKED LUNCH WOULD BE PROVIDED INSTEAD OF DINNER
ON THAT DAY.
Essex Farm Cemetery: ON THE BANK OF THE CANAL YOU CAN SEE THE IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL COLUMN OF THE 49TH WEST RIDING DIVISION. DURING THE WAR, ESSEX FARM WAS USED AS AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION, AN IMPORTANT AID STATION OF THE
FIELD AMBULANCES. IT WAS HERE, IN ONE OF THE BOMB-PROOF DUG-OUTS, THAT THE CANADIAN DOCTOR, JOHN MCCRAE, WROTE THE FAMOUS POEM “IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW”.
Yorkshire Trench and Dug-Out: A TRENCH WAS DUG IN THE FIRST BRITISH LINE IN 1915 AFTER THE FIGHTS FOLLOWING THE FIRST GAS ATTACKS ON 22 APRIL. FULLY MODERNISED AT THE END OF 1916 AND IN THE SPRING OF 1917, THE TRENCH WAS SUPPLEMENTED
BY A DEEP DUG-OUT. THE GROUND PLAN OF THE UNDERGROUND DUG-OUT AND OF THE SHALLOW TRENCH OF 1915 IS OUTLINED ABOVE GROUND. INFORMATIVE PANELS ALLOW YOU TO GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO A UNIQUE PIECE OF TRENCH WARFARE.
German Cemetery at Langemark: THE FOUR FIGURES OF THE MUNICH SCULPTOR, EMIL KRIEGER, ADD AN INTERESTING TOUCH TO THIS RATHER FOREBODING CEMETERY OF 44,061 GERMAN SOLDIERS. A REAL CONTRAST TO THE BRITISH CEMETERIES!
Canadian Forces Memorial at St. Julien: THIS WAS ERECTED IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 3,000 DEAD SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST CANADIAN DIVISION WHO FELL DURING THE COUNTER-ATTACK AFTER THE GERMAN GAS ATTACK OF APRIL 1915.
Passchendaele and Tyne Cot: THE VILLAGE OF PASSCHENDAELE GAVE ITS NAME TO ONE OF THE MOST GRUELLING BATTLES OF THE GREAT WAR. MANY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN 1916 FIGHTING TO CAPTURE THE VILLAGE ARE BURIED IN THE NEARBY TYNE COT
CEMETERY, THE LARGEST COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY IN THE WORLD. IN THE NEW MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917, VISITORS ARE GIVEN AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE BATTLES OF YPRES BY MEANS OF AUTHENTIC MATERIAL AND ARTEFACTS. THERE IS ALSO AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH A GERMAN TRENCH AND DESCEND 20 FEET DEEP INTO A RECONSTRUCTION OF A BRITISH DUG-OUT COMPLETE WITH COMMUNICATION HEADQUARTERS, DRESSING POSTS AND SLEEPING QUARTERS.
Sanctuary Wood Museum: THIS MUSEUM CONTAINS A WEALTH OF WAR RELICS. A PIECE OF AUTHENTIC WAR LANDSCAPE WAS CONSERVED HERE WITH TRENCHES, CRATERS, VAULTED PASSAGES AND WEAPONS.
Talbot House, Poperinge: IN THE HEART OF THE BUSTLING TOWN OF POPERINGE, THE ARMY CHAPLAINS, PHILIP CLAYTON (KNOWN AS TUBBY) AND NEVILLE TALBOT OPENED AN “EVERY MAN’S CLUB” ON 11TH DECEMBER 1915, WHERE SOLDIERS OF ALL RANKS
COULD COME TO REGAIN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH. THE INSPIRED WAY IN WHICH TUBBY RAN HIS ‘HOME FROM HOME’ TURNED TALBOT HOUSE, OR ‘TOC H’, INTO THE BEST-KNOWN SOLDIERS’ CLUB OF THE BRITISH ARMY. THE ATMOSPHERE ENJOYED BY MORE THAN HALF
A MILLION VISITORS IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS IS STILL TANGIBLE IN A VISIT TO TALBOT HOUSE TODAY. THE CHAPEL ON THE FIRST FLOOR HAS BEEN LEFT UNTOUCHED SINCE 1918. AN AUDIO-VISUAL STAGING OF A CONCERT PARTY IN THE NEWLY-RESTORED CONCERT HALL ENTERTAINS
TODAY’S VISITORS AND THEY CAN ALSO SEE THE HOP STORE, BATH-HOUSE AND GARDEN.
NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR TOUR PRICE: ADMISSION CHARGES WHERE APPLICABLE. THE SERVICES OF A BATTLEFIELDS TOUR GUIDE IF REQUIRED.
General Excursions: DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION AND ITINERARY, THESE MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR PROGRAMME ON YOUR TRAVEL DAYS:
MEDIEVAL CITY OF BRUGES • BELLEWAERDE ADVENTURE THEME PARK IN YPRES • THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK AND OPERATION DYNAMO, WORLD WAR II MUSEUM IN DUNKIRK • CITÉ EUROPE, THE ULTIMATE
SHOPPING CENTRE AT THE MOUTH OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL |
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Description: Stylish 3-star hotel
Location: Ostend town centre, 150 m from the beach
Capacity: 190
Rooms for pupils: 2-6 beds; All with bath or shower and WC, TV and telephone.
Facilities: Separate relaxation room with TV for school groups. Small fitness room. Karaoke and quizzes may be arranged in advance. Disco on
request - supplement payable, pre-booking essential.
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| Minimum Length of tour: |
3 days / 2 nights
Half Board/Staff free 1:8 |
| Channel Crossing: |
Dover / Folkestone – Calais by ferry or shuttle |
| Approximate journey |
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1 1/2hrs |
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www.greatwar.co.uk
www.toerisme-oostende.be |
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£155 per pupil
(40-49 paying) |
£165 per pupil
(32-39 paying) |
£185 per pupil
(24-31 paying) |
Additional nights
£45 per pupil |
Packed lunches
available at
extra charge |
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