BELGIUM TRIPS

Belgium is only a short journey after crossing the English Channel, making it the ideal spot to learn a great deal without having to travel too far. It is home to two of our most popular educational tours and day trips, The Ypres Salient tour, where we recommend a visit to the Last post Ceremony and the Waterloo tour, where we visit the visitor centre, Panorama, Lion’s Mount and Hougoumon.

Ypres Salient

Ypres Salient tours offer school groups a superb opportunity to study the area that was a pivotal point in the First Word War.

Curriculum Links:

Linked to WWI History (KS3-5)

Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo 1815 The Battle of Waterloo marked a huge change in the way in which warfare was to be conducted.

Surgery and Treatment on the Western Front

Our knowledge of medicine and the human body has grown at a truly staggering pace in the last 100 years and one of the most noticeable places to see such evolution was the battlefield.

Curriculum Links:

Linked to WW1 History (KS4 -5)

Surgery and Treatment on the Western Front Guided Tour

Our knowledge of medicine and the human body has grown at a truly staggering pace in the last 100 years and one of the most noticeable places to see such evolution was the battlefield.

Curriculum Links:

Linked to WW1 History (KS4 -5)

Ypres Salient Day Trip

An Ypres Salient tours offer school and history groups a superb opportunity to study the area that was a pivotal point in the First Word War.

Faith under fire - Western Front Religious Studies Field Trip

A Religious Studies field trip to the battlefields of the Western Front offers an unrivalled opportunity to provoke thought and to generate student debate on some of the core topics in the RS syllabus.

Curriculum Links:

Linked to KS2-5 History and Religious Studies

Waterloo Day Trip

The Battle of Waterloo 1815 The Battle of Waterloo marked a huge change in the way in which warfare was to be conducted.

Curriculum Links:

Linked to History

The Battle of Waterloo Guided Tour

The Battle of Waterloo marked a huge change in the way in which warfare was to be conducted. Wellington’s momentous victory not only brought about significant political change to Europe and the wider world, but also the decline of long established military order.

Curriculum Links:

Linked to History

Brussels Christmas Market

Europe's most original Christmas market is made up of 240 wooden stalls dotted around the Bourse (Stock Exchange), Place Sainte Catherine and the Marché aux Poissons (Fish Market).

Bruges Christmas market

The Christmas market on the main square forms a ring around an open-air ice rink in the middle of medieval Bruges, with its cobbled streets and historic buildings.