First & Second World War Battlefield Tours


BESPOKE BATTLEFIELD TOURS
Kingshead is a UK based battlefield tour company offering a unique all-inclusive bespoke tour service for individuals/couples/families/small parties of friends (max 6 people), who prefer to travel independently rather than as part of a large group, and who wish to visit the battlefields on dates of their own choosing.

Our bespoke battlefield tours are planned and arranged around the individual requirements of our customers, and Jerry Whitehead (director of Kingshead) personally guides all our tours.  We are pleased to offer personal bespoke guided battlefield tours to any part of the Western Front of the Great War, as well as to Second World War sites at Normandy and Arnhem.

The Bespoke Battlefield Tour Service we offer allows you the opportunity of planning and arranging a personal battlefield tour, tailor-made to your individual requirements, giving you the freedom to choose

Our key feature is flexibility, ensuring each client's expectations are fully met.  We are able to make alterations to the tour itinerary at any time - even during the tour.

your choice of tour
Kingshead can offer you a bespoke battlefield tour to visit the special places where your relatives or countrymen may have lived, fought and died. If you are tracing the footsteps of an individual who served in the war and have the regimental details and dates, we will research the history and provide you with a personal battlefield tour following the movement of their unit, as well as supplying you with detailed information and maps. This research, including a visit to the National Archives at Kew, is included in the service we offer on our bespoke battlefield tours, at no extra cost.

Or perhaps you would like to arrange a tailor-made battlefield tour to visit the sites of significant importance along the Western Front of the Great War, or at Second World War sites at Arnhem and Normandy - or maybe to visit both WW1 and WW2 venues on a combined battlefield tour.  On a bespoke battlefield tour with Kingshead Adventures, the choice is yours. 

bespoke battlefield tour service
Kingshead are specialists in providing all-inclusive bespoke battlefield tours, and the service we offer includes collecting you at a mutually convenient location in the UK, France, Belgium or Holland.  On completion of your tour, we would be pleased to return you to the same location or to drive you to a hotel / train station / airport for your onward travel.

Bespoke battlefield tours to Great War sites can include the following:  the Somme, Ypres, Cambrai, Verdun, Mons to the Marne, Advance to Victory, as well as visits to any location along the Western Front which may be of personal significance to you. 

We are also pleased to offer personal guided battlefield tours based around specific Canadian, American, Australian, New Zealand, or South African interest in the Great War. We would be delighted to arrange a tailor-made tour to visit places of personal interest to you, or to propose a bespoke battlefield tour to follow the involvement of these nations in significant battles of the First World War.

Whatever your requirements, Kingshead can provide you with an
exclusive personal battlefield tour and a truly memorable experience


western front tours with gps trench maps
Our Great War Western Front battlefield tours are supported by LinesMan, a unique GPS navigation system overlaid on the official First World War trench maps.  The computer technology provided on a visual in-car display allows guests to see our exact location relative to the trench maps as we drive along the Western Front.  A hand-held device also allows us to walk the battlefield and find precise points of interest as detailed on the trench maps or, indeed, map references as may be quoted in documented Orders or War Diaries.

This means that on our bespoke First World War battlefield tours to the Western Front, we can take our customers (where physically possible) to the exact location where a specific action took place – perhaps where a relative may have been mentioned in Despatches, or even won a medal for their action – and to follow in the footsteps of their unit during the Great War. 

Jerry was instrumental in the development of LinesMan and has been using this GPS trench map software on our Western Front battlefield tours for the past couple of years, taking our customers to precise locations on the battlefield where their relatives saw action during the Great War.  The use of this innovative software to accurately pinpoint places where specific events took place, or to follow the route taken by a relative's unit, has proved very successful and popular with our customers, many of whom have commented on how special this aspect of their tour has been.

Kingshead invite you to embark on a journey of discovery, walking in the footsteps of your relatives or countrymen, uncovering details of battles in which they fought, and following the route taken by their units.

To arrange a personal tailor-made battlefield tour with Kingshead, please either telephone +44 (0)1689 837736 or email us at info@kingsheadadventures.com so that we may discuss your requirements.  Each bespoke battlefield tour is custom made, and your tour will be designed around your specific needs and requirements, allowing you to visit the battlefield sites of personal interest to you.

Below are just a few of the appreciative comments we have received from previous bespoke battlefield tour customers:

….thank you again for the most rewarding professional experience I've ever had….

....thankyou so much for providing us with a real life time experience that none of us will ever forget. The whole adventure was fantastic from start to finish....

….thank you for the excellent weekend on the Somme.  We all of us enjoyed it enormously thanks to you, your organization of the trip and, most importantly, your extensive knowledge of the Great War….

....Your commentary and insight to not only the battles themselves but the personalities which directed the battles made it feel like we were in a BBC Documentary, meticulously researched complete with GPS real-time mapping!....

....I would recommend your services to anyone who wants to learn more in depth about the conflicts in Europe.  I was impressed with the care with which you prepared the information, and the attention to detail...

....your use of GPS and your knowledge of trench maps made visiting the battlefields much more interesting and understandable....

....thanks for giving me such a great time, the tour was excellent value for money.
I appreciated your knowledgeable company and your thoughtfulness in all the tour arrangements...

....with many thanks for giving me an experience I will long remember...


View our Testimonial Page for information on the WW1 and WW2 battlefield tours we have provided over the past few years and to read more letters and emails of recommendation we have received from guests who have experienced our tailor-made First & Second World War battlefield tours.  Or take a look at the pictures on our WW1 photo gallery and WW2 photo gallery pages to see the places we have visited on these tours.

 

Our tour venues page offers a guide as to the main WW1 and WW2 battlefield sites we can propose for your bespoke battlefield tour and our tour info page provides details of tour guide, transport, accommodation and costs for these battlefield tours. 


Kingshead Adventures specialise in arranging personalised, tailormade, bespoke First and Second World War battlefield tours for individuals or groups of up to six people who wish to travel on dates of their own choosing.  As we do not offer scheduled small group battlefield tours, you will not find any battlefield tour dates & rates on this website.

GPS ready Trench Maps of the Great War on DVD - NOW AVAILBLE
Our associate company, Great War Digital, is pleased to announce the launch of LinesMan - The Great War Western Front GPS Companion.  This exciting new software contains over 750 geo-referenced First World War trench maps which can be used with GPS (Satellite Navigation System).  LinesMan is available on DVD and provides stunning 3D views, use with PDA devices and comes with IGN maps and modern aerial photography.  For more information on this fantastic 2 DVD boxed set visit Great War Digital's website at www.greatwardigital.com

4x4 Battlefield Adventure
Whilst all our bespoke battlefield tours are conducted in our 4x4 Land Rover Discovery 3, (details on our Travel Information page) allowing us to take our customers to locations which may not be accessible to other tour companies, if you are looking for a battlefield tour which is even more 'off the beaten track' we invite you to join a 4x4 battlefield adventure following some of the more mobile aspects along the Western Front of the Great War. 

Our Tracking the Tanks battlefield adventure offers you the opportunity of driving your own 4x4 'off the beaten track' along lanes once used by soldiers and tanks during the First World War.  If you can put together a group of at least 4 vehicles, then we can put together a 4x4 battlefield adventure for you!    Find out more about battlefield adventures to Cambrai on our 4x4 page, or take a look at our 4x4 photos 2006 page. 

90th Anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai
A number of special events took place in the town of Cambrai and in the various local villages in November of last year to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai.  Details can be found on our Cambrai 90th page.  Information on the dedication of the new Monument to the Nations can be found on our Cambrai Monument page

Details of our battlefield tour venues to the Western Front of the Great War and to WW2 battlefield tour sites at Normandy and Arnhem, as well as our 4x4 battlefield adventures to WW1 locations can be accessed via the links on this page or the menu bar above.  Terms and Conditions can be found on our Booking Info page.

Up to date news items or articles relating to the battlefields, and details of any specific battlefield tours, projects or WW1 and WW2 information can be found on our battlefield news page.


Thank you for visiting our website.
We hope you find the information helpful and that we will have the pleasure

of welcoming you on a bespoke battlefield tour in the near future.

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