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Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
Memorial
👍👍 It's a fantastic and very moving battlefield of the Somme, run by the Canadian government with still intact British and German frontline fire trenches, cemeteries, monuments and more.
Highly recommend visiting.
The free car park has a lovely picnic area. The friendly and very polite Canadian tour gu...
4.80 (1.7K reviews)
(~5.79 km from centre)
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the Thiepval Museum
Museum
👍👍 We took a quick trip over to France from the U.K. to the Somme to visit Thiepval Memorial, sadly a relative of ours didn’t make it passed the Battle for Delville Woods in WW1 and like so many others his name appears on the wall of the memorial along side 72,337 other soldiers that have never been fo...
4.70 (957 reviews)
(~8.92 km from centre)
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Ulster Memorial Tower
Historical landmark
👍👍 As close to a "success" as the allies got to on the infamous 1st day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. The Ulster division would have come charging up the hill from the wood behind you as you are entering the entrance gates to the tower. Even the brave Ulstermen had to abort in the end. Nob...
4.70 (648 reviews)
(~7.78 km from centre)
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Sheffield Memorial Park
Memorial park
👍👍 Beautiful memorial to the Accrington and Barnsley pals battalions cut down on the first day of the Somme.
HOWEVER....we attempted to drive up the dirt track that is signposted as access to the site in our small van. Near the top of the lane we encountered who we assume to be the landowner in a Dacia...
4.90 (63 reviews)
(~2.58 km from centre)
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Château de Couin
Castle
18th-century country house with hotel rooms, seasonal guided tours & parkland with a picnic area.
4.70 (54 reviews)
(~7.56 km from centre)