Somme Strolls
Battlefield tour to the Somme battlefields 2010

Tour Overview

This year’s Somme Strolls cover some new ground in addition to returning to some of the most popular of our previous walks. From Fricourt in the south to Beaumont Hamel in the north we follow in the footsteps of Thomas Atkins across the old Somme battlefields, in addition to five memorable walks a morning in Villers Bretonneux and visits to the Theipval Memorial ensure this is comprehensive study of the old front line.

Tour Details

Day 1 - Travel from UK to central Amiens Hotel.

Day 2 - Walk One Fricourt to La Boisselle, starting at Citadel CWGC we chart the front line up to points 110 and onto Fricourt village, attacked on the first day. After a study of the 10th West Yorkshires ill fated advance we continue onto La Boisselle via the Lochnagar Crater.

Walk Two Contalmaison to Pozieres, from the centre of Contalmaison we learn of the fight for the village in July 1916 before following the approach to Pozieres via sunken lanes and isolated cemeteries before ending at the Windmill and Tank Memorial.

Day 3 - Walk ThreeCourcelette to Martinpuich, from Courcelette Cemetery, we follow the Canadian fighting in and around the village before crossing to Martinpuich and covering the 15th Scottish, 50th Northumbrian and 47th London Divisions actions on the 15 September 1916.

PM we head back to Amiens via a comprehensive study of the 1918 battlefield of Villers Bretonneux including visits to the villages museum, Australian Cemetery and Memorial and the Le Hamel Memorial Park.

Day 4 - Walk Four The Sheffield Memorial Park is our starting point before we head over the Redan Ridge and its intimate cemeteries following the 4th Divisions ill fated attack, we finish in the Sunken Lane with views of the Hawthorn Crater.

Hamel to the Ulster Tower, we begin in Hamel CWGC before heading up the Ancre Valley following the 63rd RND. Crossing the Ancre we pass through St Pierre Divion before charting the Schwaben Redoubt ground and ending at the Ulster Tower Memorial, we then visit the Theipval Memorial and visitors centre to finish our tour.

Day 5 - Travel Home.