We
are
one
of
the
longest-standing
companies
specialising
in
small-group
tours
to
the
Somme
and
Ypres
battlefields.
Having
taken
over
300
groups
on
tours
to
the
battlefields
of
WW1
we
have
now
transferred
that
expertise
to
a
Self-Drive
format
so
that
you
can
explore
these
battlefields
on
your
own
or
with
family
or
friends,
without
being
tied
to
a
coach
tour.
Unsure?
Maybe
see
what
travellers
said
when
they returned!
In
a
nut-shell
you
chose
when
you
wish
to
travel
and
for
how
long.
You
take
your
car
and
we
arrange
your
hotel
accommodation,
Channel
crossing
and,
most
importantly
of
all,
we
provide
you
with
our
acclaimed
self-drive
Somme
and/or
Ypres
battlefield
guides
-
your
‘window
to
the
past’,
including
all
the
directions,
maps
etc
you’ll
need.
No
other
self-drive
guides
have
so
much
detail
and
are
so
easy
to
follow!
Please
read
on. . .
As
you
may
already
have
found,
there
are
many
companies
offering
battlefield
tours,
especially
at
the
centenary
of
the
Great
War
spanning
2014-2018.
Our
tours
however
are
quite
different.
It’s
only
when
you
receive
our
guide
pack
that
you
realise
just
how
different
and
how
detailed
our
self-drive
guides
are
(a
comment
we
receive
time
after
time).
Our
self-
drive
guides
are
also
much
more
detailed
and
easier
to
follow
compared with other self-drive options.
From
my
personal
experience,
visiting
the
battlefields
of
the
Great
War
is
quite
a
moving
experience,
an
experience
best
appreciated
in
the
company
of
close
friends
or
family
(or
alone),
without
any
restrictions
such
as
the
rigid
timetable
of
a
coach
tour
dictating
the
pace.
It
can
be
quite
frustrating
to
see
the
battlefields
passing
before
your
eyes
without
being
able
to
stop
wherever
and
whenever
you
want
to
stop,
and
to
explore
where
you
want
to
explore.
The
freedom
to
truly
comprehend
the
impact
of
the
battlefields
at
your
own
pace,
equipped
with
your
own
detailed
‘then
and
now’
guide(s),
is
what
I
always
set
out
to
achieve,
and
perhaps
what
today
sets our tours apart.
Rather
than
me
clutter
up
this
page
(as
I
tend
to
do…),
please
follow
the
menu
links
at
the
top
(left)
of
the
page
to
find
out
more
about
the
Self-Drive
tours
we
specialise
in
organising,
so
that
you
just
‘pack
and
go’
leaving
us
to
make
all
the
arrangements
and
to
provide
you
with
the
best
Self-Drive
guide available.
Thank you for visiting our website which we designed and
built ourselves so it’s completely free of all the tracking
‘cookies’, adverts and other nonsense which bedevil us today.
James Power
Managing Director and owner
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd (Established 1996)
James Power is an Associate Member of the
Guild of Battlefield Guides
and Western Front Association
Vanity Fair
Best Battlefield Tour
From Diane Kenwood Editor
Women's Weekly
It
was
a
profoundly
moving
and
fascinating
trip,
which,
thanks
to
your
stunningly
detailed
and
thorough
organisation
went
without a hitch. . .
Your
attention
to
detail
is
astonishing.
.
.
You
really
did
bring
every
location
to
life
in
the
most
fantastic
way.
(I
loved
your
personal
remarks
dotted
through
the
commentary).
It
was
so
marvellous
to
be
able
to
do
everything
at
our
own
pace
and
spend
however
long,
or
short,
a
time
as
we
chose
at
the
places
we stopped.
Thank
you
so
much
for
everything
-
for
your
help
in
the
early
stages
sorting
out
what
the
best
itinerary
and
approach
would
be,
for
organising
all
the
bookings
and
for
the
brilliant
support
packs.
I
have
raved
about
your
company
to
everyone
I've
spoken
to
since
my
return
(and
will
definitely
write
about
it
in
the
magazine)
and
I
know
at
least
one
person
who's
definitely
going
to
book
through
you
as
a
result.
I
hope
you
get
inundated
with bookings!
Country Life
"If
you're
fiercely
independent,
you
could
do
no
better
than
to
sign
up
for
the
highly
acclaimed
self-guided
tours
provided
by
James
Power.
His
painstakingly
researched
itineraries
are
the
work of a master logistician"
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd Wimborne Dorset BH21 1EJ Tel: +44 (0) 7776 195773 or +44 (0) 1202 840520
info@battlefield-tours.com
The Sunday Telegraph
The only Self-Drive company to be
nominated ‘Best Battlefield Tour’
Please click the poppy to hear one of
the most moving readings of
Col John McCae’s 1915 poem
‘In Flanders Fields’
We’re
in
the
process
of
adding
360
degree
images
of
the
sites
our
Self-
Drive
Ypres
and
Somme
guides
will
take
you
to.
Look
out
for
the
below
logo
on
our
Itineraries
page
for
the
first
few
(click
this
example
to
see
the
Menin
Gate).
More
will
be
added
as
whenever
we
get
to
visit
the
battlefileds.
DON’T LET BREXIT PUT YOU OFF TRAVELLING!
If there’s a ‘deal’ by next year then things may stay as they are
today. If ‘no deal’ then you may need to get a Driving Permit at
just £5 from your Post Office (translates your licence) and a
‘Green Card’ from your vehicle insurers.
Driving in France & Belgium will be as fun as always!
some example pages - the battlefield revealed!
The background is a trench map of the Somme battlefield 1916
included with our guides (German trench defences in red)
Click above to enlarge (also the poppies!)
Welcome to Somme & Ypres Battlefield Tours Ltd
Explore the battlefields at your own pace with our acclaimed
Self-Drive tours to the
Somme and Ypres battlefields
of the
Great War 1914-1918
Full menu
We recommend
Covid-19 update November 2020
When
current
restrictions
are
lifted,
travellers
to
France
(Somme)
and
Belgium
(Ypres)
will
still
need
to
adhere
to
the
social
distancing
guidelines
to
which
we
have
become
accustomed
(including
masks
etc).
From
a
Covid-19
perspective,
a
Self-Drive
tour,
where
you
tour
the
battlefields
in
the
safety
of
your
vehicle,
and
where
you
do
not
have
to
mix
with
fellow
coach
travellers,
is
probably
the
safest way to explore the battlefields!
You
may
be
interested
to
know
that
unlike
some
of
the
bigger
tour
companies
who
are
struggling
to
make
Covid
refunds,
all
tour
payments
for
our
Self-Drive
tours
are
protected
in
a
separate
Trust
Account
(by
law)
which
cannot
be
released
to
us
until
your
tour
has
been
completed,
thus
making
refunds
very
straightforward
-
one
of
the very real benefits of choosing a small specialist company!
Welcome to Somme & Ypres Battlefield
Explore the battlefields at your own pace
with our acclaimed
Self-Drive tours to the
Somme and Ypres battlefields
of the
Great War
1914-1918
(click a poppy…)
We
are
one
of
the
longest-standing
companies
specialising
in
small-group
tours
to
the
Somme
and
Ypres
battlefields.
Having
taken
over
300
groups
on
tours
to
the
battlefields
of
WW1
we
have
now
transferred
that
expertise
to
a
Self-Drive
format
so
that
you
can
explore
these
battlefields
on
your
own
or
with
family
or
friends,
without
being
tied
to
a
coach
tour.
Not
sure?
Maybe
see
what
travellers
said
when
they
returned
from
a
Self-Drive tour!
In
a
nut-shell
you
chose
when
you
wish
to
travel
and
for
how
long.
You
take
your
car
and
we
arrange
your
hotel
accommodation,
Channel
crossing
and,
most
importantly
of
all,
we
provide
you
with
our
acclaimed
self-drive
Somme
and/or
Ypres
battlefield
guides
-
your
‘window
to
the
past’,
including
all
the
directions,
maps
etc
you’ll
need.
No
other
self-drive
guides
have
so
much
detail
and
are
so easy to follow! Please read on. . .
As
you
may
already
have
found,
there
are
many
companies
offering
battlefield
tours,
especially
at
the
centenary
of
the
Great
War
spanning
2014-2018.
Our
tours
however
are
quite
different.
It’s
only
when
you
receive
our
guide
pack
that
you
realise
just
how
different
and
how
detailed
our
self-drive
guides
are
(a
comment
we
receive
time
after
time).
Our
self-drive
guides
are
also
much
more
detailed
and
easier
to
follow compared with other self-drive options.
From
my
personal
experience,
visiting
the
battlefields
of
the
Great
War
is
quite
a
moving
experience,
an
experience
best
appreciated
in
the
company
of
close
friends
or
family
(or
alone),
without
any
restrictions
such
as
the
rigid
timetable
of
a
coach
tour
dictating
the
pace.
It
can
be
quite
frustrating
to
see
the
battlefields
passing
before
your
eyes
without
being
able
to
stop
wherever
and
whenever
you
want
to
stop,
and
to
explore
where
you
want
to
explore.
The
freedom
to
truly
comprehend
the
impact
of
the
battlefields
at
your
own
pace,
equipped
with
your
own
detailed
‘then
and
now’
guide(s),
is
what
I
always
set
out
to
achieve,
and
perhaps
what
today
sets
our
tours
apart.
Rather
than
me
clutter
up
this
page
(as
I
tend
to
do…),
please
follow
the
menu
links
at
the
top
(left)
of
the
page
to
find
out
more
about
the
Self-Drive
tours
we
specialise
in
organising,
so
that
you
just
‘pack
and
go’
leaving
us
to
make
all
the
arrangements
and
to
provide you with the best Self-Drive guide available.
Thank you for visiting our website which we designed
and built ourselves so it’s completely free of all the
tracking ‘cookies’, adverts and other nonsense which
bedevil us today.
James Power
Managing Director and owner
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd (Established 1996)
James Power is an Associate Member of the
Guild of Battlefield Guides
and Western Front Association
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd
Wimborne Dorset BH21 1EJ
+44 (0) 7776 195773 or +44 (0) 1202 840520
info@battlefield-tours.com
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some example pages - the battlefield revealed!
Menu
Covid-19 update November 2020
When
current
restrictions
are
lifted,
travellers
to
France
(Somme)
and
Belgium
(Ypres)
will
still
need
to
adhere
to
the
social
distancing
guidelines
to
which
we
have
become
accustomed
(including
masks
etc).
From
a
Covid-19
perspective,
a
Self-Drive
tour
where
you
tour
the
battlefields
in
the
safety
of
your
vehicle,
and
where
you
do
not
have
to
mix
with
fellow
coach
travellers,
is
probably
the
safest
way
to
explore
the
battlefields!
You
may
be
interested
to
know
that
unlike
some
of
the
bigger
tour
companies
who
are
struggling
to
make
Covid
refunds,
all
tour
payments
for
our
Self-Drive
tours
are
protected
in
a
separate
Trust
Account
(by
law)
which
cannot
be
released
to
us
until
your
tour
has
been
completed,
thus
making
refunds
very
straightforward
-
one
of
the
very
real
benefits
of
choosing a small specialist company!
