Bespoke guided cycling and walking battlefield tours
Battlefield Cycling and Walking Tours
The Battlefield Journey Experience
Battlefield Journey are the longest established Battlefield Cycling and Walking Experience company. 17 years’ of tours, enthusiasm, and dedication to giving you a never to be forgotten holiday.
We plan the week for you, stay in 3 star and above and visit good restaurants where they know us well, and guide you to those locations others don’t see along cycle tracks and hidden country lanes.
Ready To Go For 2023
Our tours are relaxed and comfortable for all levels of cyclist and walker.
Our guides ensure your safety and provide a rich history of the battlefields, much based around the personal stories of those who fought in the World Wars.
Whether you are a small group of family, friends or work colleagues, or you are an individual traveller looking for an adventure, in touch with us to find out more about what’s on offer this year.
Our prices for 5 day fully guided tours are from around £925.
Get in touch with us today to discuss your bespoke tour requirements.
Fully guided and looked after by our guides of 17 years‘ experience.
Carefully chosen hotels all 4/5 star, offering delightful breakfasts.
Bike hire included. We can also arrange high quality e-bikes for all our tours.
On our Belgian Tours we provide delightful lunches of local produce.
All museum entrance fees covered.
Advice on travel, or we can arrange travel for you.
All of our itineraries can be altered or changed to suit your requirements and your interests. We can take the hassle of booking transport and accommodation away, or you
can make your own arrangements. The choice is yours!
Whether cycling along quiet country lanes and cycle paths or walking in peaceful countryside and along stunning coastal paths, there are plenty of opportunities to take
in all the sites, enjoy a leisurely lunch and discuss with our expert guides the significance of what you see.
Bike hire is available on all of our cycle trips and in most locations we are also able to offer customers the opportunity to hire an e-bike, so if you feel you in need
of an extra hand to get up those hills, we can help!
Group Tours
As well as our cycling and walking tours we are experienced in organising battlefield tours for groups who would prefer to travel by coach, minibus or car.
If you are part of a group looking for a bespoke battlefield tour itinerary, taking place at the time of your choosing, then please contact us for further information and details of discounts available.
Please contact us for further details or to discuss your bespoke group battlefield tour.
Our customers love our Battlefield Journey Experience Tours
As OIC of Exercise Chequered Ypres 5-11 of May 2015 I would like to thank Andrew and Malcolm of Battlefield Journey for putting together a perfect bespoke battlefield study package which challenged 24 soldiers from B Battery 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery both mentally and physically. We cycled over 300 miles to mark 300 years of Royal Artillery History. At every opportunity Andrew and Malcolm were teaching the soldiers all about the first and second world war. The added elements of cycling really help in increasing the soldiers knowledge of the scale of war and the loss of life. One of my soldiers said that: "the cycling made the trip, I had been on many battlefield tours and it’s on the bus and off the bus but when you cycle you really take in the country and get great awareness of what happened.
One of the many highlights was the days cycling around the Ypres salient where B Battery had served in the Great War and so many actions that have shaped the British Army took place. I can honestly say that every member of the exercise greatly enjoyed themselves and I overheard one group of soldiers back at work saying "I wish I was still in Belgium".
I would definitely recommend booking a trip with Battlefield Journey, they will make it a truly memorable experience. If they can tailor a trip for 24 soldiers, they can tailor the perfect trip for you too! And definitely don't be put off if you think you're not fit enough, being soldiers we made them add an extra 200 miles on to their usual distance for us.
Andrew and Malcolm from all your friends in B Battery 1RHA thank you.
Cycle in the footsteps of the thousands of men who served on the Somme a century ago. Little has changed in the rolling countryside of Picardy as we cycle 75 miles over 4 days along quiet country lanes and tracks.
Explore the half- moon shaped ‘Salient’ around Ypres – the eternal bond between the Belgian and British nations. Using quiet country roads and excellent cycle paths we will cover some 90 miles in our 4 day stay.
Discover the D-Day landing beaches following quiet tracks and lanes and take in the stunning coastal scenery. The cycle, spread out over 5 days, covers a distance of 140 miles and enables a detailed examination of these momentous events.
Discover the major landmarks of the Battle of Arnhem in World War II. From the John Frost Bridge at Arnhem to the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek , this cycle tells the story of courage and fortitude in the face of overwhelming odds.
Operation Dynamo and the Dunkirk Evacuation Calais/Dunkirk/Ypres/Eperlecques/Calais
“The ‘miracle’ of Dunkirk has become one of the most lasting images of the Second World War. The dramatic rescue in May 1940 had much to do with the bravery and tenacity of the soldiers who stayed behind.
Cycle The British Front Line Freewheel the Western Front
Discover the entirety of the British front line, from the flat plains of Flanders Fields in the north to the rolling countryside of Picardy in the south. A distance of over 150 miles along cycle paths and quiet lanes.
Explore the rolling countryside of Picardy as we walk along quiet country lanes and tracks to bring to life the battlefields of the Somme. Based in Albert, there is also an opportunity to discover the sites around Vimy Ridge. The beauty of the Somme countryside is the perfect place for walking.
Discover the D-Day landing beaches following quiet tracks and lanes and take in the stunning coastal scenery. The walks, spread out over 5 days, cover a distance of approximately 54 miles and enable a detailed examination of these momentous events.
Explore the Ypres Salient on quiet country lanes and footpaths. An opportunity to get off the beaten track, as we walk a distance of just over 40 miles in our 4 day stay. An opportunity to take home some lasting memories of an area now at peace, but once the scene of indescribable carnage.