WAR POETS ASSOCIATION TOUR
22-25 October 2026
Tour Manager Mike Scott
Tour Guide Vivien Whelpton
Visits to sites associated with Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas, Isaac Rosenberg, Ivor Gurney, Hedd Wyn, Francis Ledwidge, John McCrae, Edmund Blunden, David Jones, William Noel Hodgson, Robert Graves, Roland Leighton, Charles Hamilton Sorley and Rudyard Kipling in the form of his son Jack.
- Tour led by expert Viv Whelpton
- Accommodation in Arras on B&B basis
- Transport by coach from London and ferry to battlefields and return
- Price – £819.00 per person in twin/double share room
- Single supplement is £215.00 per person
- Deposit of £100.00 per person to Bank Account by 31 March 2026
War Poets Association
Lloyds Bank
Account No – 62819560
Sort Code – 30-93-74
Please as well remember to email mike@eyewitnesstours.com that you have made a deposit and include the reference with which you made your bank transfer. We also need to know if you are booking for twin, double or single room and, of course, your name(s).
We look forward to taking you on this stirring tour.
Day One Thursday 22 October 2026
7.00 Depart central London by coach
9.40 Check in for ferry crossing
10.40 Ferry crossing and lunch
13.15 Depart Calais
14.30 Arrive Loos area for visits including following poets – Robert Graves, Charles Sorley and the Jack Kipling story
17.15 Depart Loos
18.00 Arrive Holiday Inn Arras
Day Two Friday 23 October 2026
9.00 Depart hotel
9.40 Arrive on the Somme for visits including the following poets – Roland Leighton, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Noel Hodgson, David Jones
13.40 Lunch at Auchonvillers Tea Rooms
15.00 Thiepval Memorial
15.45 Further visits including Edmund Blunden, and Wilfred Owen
17.30 Depart for hotel
18.10 Arrive hotel
Day Three Saturday 24 October
9.00 Depart hotel
10.30 Arrive in the Ypres Salient for visits including John McCrae, Edmund Blunden, Francis Ledwidge and Hedd Wyn
13.15 Lunch in Ypres
14.30 Ivor Gurney Memorial
15.20 Tyne Cot Cemetery
16.00 Depart for hotel
17.30 Arrive hotel
Day Four Sunday 25 October
9.00 Depart hotel
9.30 Visits in the Arras area including Siegfried Sassoon, Edward Thomas and Isaac Rosenberg
12.00 Lunch in Arras
14.15 Depart for Calais
15.30 Arrive Calais
16.35 Depart Calais
17.05 Arrive Dover
19.30 Arrive central London