Explore the history of warfare with your students on a history school trip to Waterloo, Ypres and Dunkirk!
From the cavalries of Waterloo, to the trenches of WW1 and the industrialised warfare of WW2, your students will have the opportunity to explore for themselves the significant developments in warfare between 1815 and 1945.We’ll tailor your trip to meet your specific requirements, but not to be missed is the opportunity to attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, where your students can lay a wreath on behalf of your school.
Prefer to concentrate on the developments in warfare between the two world wars? We also offer a history of warfare school trip to Normandy and the Somme.
Suggested Itinerary (4 days, 3 nights)
| Day | Morning Summary | Afternoon Summary | Evening Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Depart from school |
Arrive in Ypres and visit Passchendaele Museum and Tyne Cot British Cemetery |
Evening meal |
| 2 |
Visit the Wellington Museum |
Evening meal Visit the Menin Gate for the Last Post Ceremony |
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| 3 |
Visit In Flanders Fields Museum, Hill 62 Museum, Essex Farm Dressing Station, Hooge Crater Museum |
Evening meal |
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| 4 |
Drive to Dunkirk and visit the Operation Dynamo Museum Visit La Coupole Museum - former Nazi V2 rocket base |
Eurotunnel crossings and return to school |
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- 3 nights' half-board accommodation
- Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
- Detailed info pack
- Free staff place ratio 1:8
- Itinerary planning service
- Motorway tolls and taxes
- Return Channel crossings
- Return executive coach travel
- Vamoos - our easy-to-use travel app
- VAT at current rate to tour operators
Curriculum Links
A-Level
- Louis XIII
- The French Revolution
- The changing nature of warfare
- Life in the trenches
- Developments in British warfare
- Life in wartime Britain
- Challenges of German nationalism
- Germany: democracy and dictatorship
- Germany and West Germany
GCSE
- Conflict and tension: WW1
- The Western Front
- Inter-war years: 1918-1939
- Developments in British warfare
- Life in wartime Britain
- Germany: democracy and dictatorship
Key Stage 3
- Challenges for Europe and the wider world, 1901
Primary
- British history beyond 1066
