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http://www.inthefootsteps.com/ provide private Battlefield Tours for individuals and groups. Follow Our aim is to provide a top quality battlefield tour service.
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Follow in the footsteps of heroes on a battlefield tour to:- Ypres, The Somme, Mons, Verdun, Normandy, Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, Rhine Crossing, Auschwitz, Waterloo, Agincourt & many more.

10/03/2024

Second tour of the month. This is for a family of 3 for four day days to Normandy starting with the D-day museum before crossing on Brittany Ferries to Ouistreham.

08/03/2024

Today, as part of our commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the D-day Landings, we publish the first of a series of articles telling the story of D-Day, 6 June 1944 - The Greatest Seaborne Invasion the World has ever known. Part One - The Strategyhttps://www.inthefootsteps.com/dday_part_1.pdf

03/03/2024

Join us following in the footsteps of the House of Lancaster and House of York on our tour of the War of the Roses, England's real Game of Thrones! https://www.inthefootsteps.com/war-of-the-roses.html. https://youtube.com/shorts/Z6DEYVTXhG8?feature=share

A short 40-second video highlighting the locations that feature as part of our War of the Roses Tour.Outline itineraryDay 1: St Albans, Fotheringhay, and Los...

29/02/2024

Join us following in the footsteps of the US Eighth Air Force, the Mighty Eighth, on our Masters of the Air - Private Tour.

A video highlighting the places visited on the In The Footsteps Masters of the Air Tour, a 3-day tour exploring the WW2 airfields of the US Eighth Air Force....

27/02/2024

26/02/2024

Join us following in the footsteps of the House of Lancaster and House of York on our tour of the War Of the Roses, England's real game of thrones!

A video highlighting many of the locations that feature as part of our War of the Roses Tour.Outline itineraryDay 1: St Albans, Fotheringhay, and Losecoat Fi...

21/02/2024

Join our expert-led tour following in the footsteps of the Dambusters on this two-day tour starting and ending at Dortmund Airport.

A video giving an overview of the In The Footsteps tour following in the footsteps of Wing Commander Guy Gibson’s 617 Squadron RAF in Operation 'CHASTISE', t...

12/02/2024

Normandy 80th Tour
4 - 9 June 2024

Join in the commemorations with your battlefield guide visiting Sainte-Mère-Église, La Fière bridge and causeway, Brécourt Battery, UTAH and OMAHA Beaches, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Longues-sur-Mer Battery, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD Beaches and much more.

We have been able to secure a hotel in Caen enabling us to give you an excellent offer on this 6 day, 5 night tour.

With no more than 7 people, we are sure you’ll have the experience of a lifetime.

Just £2,380.00 per person sharing a room.

(Single occupancy supplement applies)

Website: www.inthefootsteps.com
Email: [email protected]

With so many companies offering battlefield, historic and heritage tours it's difficult to pick the one that's best for you. With In The Footsteps it is what you want that matters and our award winning service is guaranteed to meet and even exceed your expectations. In The Footsteps for all your Bat...

08/02/2024

D-Day 80th Anniversary Tour

Our video outlining the In The Footsteps D-Day 80th Anniversary Small Group Tour https://youtu.be/HrhLm03vPf8?si=iQY0n19UzHOfvjEB via
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Our D-Day Anniversary tour will combine commemorative activity with a comprehensive tour visiting the battlefields of all five landing beaches and the two airborne landing zones. It will include visiting the major iconic sites at Sainte-Mère-Église, La Fière Bridge and Causeway, Brécourt Battery, UTAH Beach, OMAHA Beach, the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Longues-sur-Mer Battery, GOLD Beach, JUNO Beach, SWORD Beach, Pegasus Bridge and the Café Gondrée.

Note: The highlighted commemorations are for information only and the event attended during the tour will be dependent upon the customers in the group.

A video outlining the In The Footsteps D-Day 80th Anniversary Small Group Tour.For full details visit: https://www.inthefootsteps.com/d-day-80th-anniversary-...

05/02/2024

Join our D-Day 80th Anniversary Coach Tour. Visit our website or email [email protected] for more details.

03/02/2024

Commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-day with us this year from 4 - 9 June. We will spend the first night in the U.K. before crossing the channel and spending the next 5 days in Normandy.

01/02/2024

In The Footsteps is pleased to announce it has been awarded the SME Best of British Getaway Awards 2023 – Best Inbound/Outbound Battlefield Tour Operator Award.

Ian Gumm, CEO and Chief Battlefield Historian, commented, “We are proud to have received this award and the recognition it brings for the endeavours of our team, in welcoming people from across the world and, going above and beyond, to ensure that they have a pleasant and memorable stay. This award belongs to all our team, administrators, and historians alike, and we thank them for their hard work and dedication in delivering our award-winning service.”

The Best of British Getaways Awards are given solely on merit and are awarded to commend those most deserving for their ingenuity and hard work, distinguishing them from their competitors and proving them worthy of recognition.

Whether you want to discover history on the battlefields of the United Kingdom and Europe, or explore the heritage of Britain, In The Footsteps’ award-winning service is waiting to take you on a journey of discovery that will leave you with memories to last a lifetime.

Join us on our Normandy 80th Coach Tour. Still a few places available. info@inthefootsteps.com

20/01/2024

Join us on our Normandy 80th Coach Tour. Still a few places available.

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11/01/2024

07/01/2024

Our D-day 80th anniversary small and large tours are selling fast. Contact us if you would like to join us on one of our tours.
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02/01/2024

The New Year for us starts today so we would like to wish all our customers, past and present, a Happy New Year filled with lots of adventures. We would also like to thank you for all your cards, gifts and messages over the Christmas and New Year period.

We are so looking forward to our 2024 season, especially as we are also gearing up for the 80th anniversary of D-day. We also have two new staff this year who are looking forward to dealing with all the new enquiries.

Have a wonderful New Year, it’s going to be an exciting one.

23/12/2023

Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from - All at In The Footsteps

15/12/2023

Our last tour of the season following in the footsteps of two ancestors on the Somme. What a busy year it’s been with next year looking even more so.

13/12/2023

Our penultimate tour of the year started today with Tamsin and her family in Normandy.

30/11/2023

After a busy weekend doing 3 tours for 3 different families, we started our last tour of the month today. A couple from the US wanting a 3 day tour of Normandy.

28/11/2023

Just finished a tour for a family of 3 following in the footsteps of their Great Uncle. Thanks to Vic Puik for guiding them around the battlefields.

27/11/2023

On the final day of our Western Front tour today, here are a few photos.

26/11/2023

Our tour headed to the Ypres Salient today. Here are a few of the photos.

23/11/2023

Arrived in France ready to begin a Western Front tour tomorrow. Looking forward to three days exploring the First World War battlefields of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, and Ypres.

12/11/2023

Amazing day touring the Normandy battlefields in one day from the U.K. by private plane. The guests took the one hour flight from London to Caen before jumping in a chauffeured vehicle to have a tour of the battlefields. Thanks to Bob Shaw for the guiding.

11/11/2023

Remembered with Honour
11/11/2023
We Will Remember Them

06/11/2023

After the taking place at , today we pick up 16 Engineers for a visit to Bletchley and the

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Join our D-Day 80th Anniversary Coach Tour. Visit our website or email [email protected] for more details.

Walking along the front on the South coast and treated to a flypast this morning.

More fly pasts. This time at Juno Beach. #juno #junobeach #normandy #battlefieldtour #dday #ddayanniversary

The Shoes on the Danube Sixty pairs of shoes, cast in iron, lay along the banks of the River Danube. A memorial to the thousands of Hungarian Jews, men, women and children, who were forced by fascist Hungarian militia during the Second World War, to remove their shoes before being shot and left to fall into the freezing waters. #ww2 #wwii #worldwartwo #hungary #danube #danuberiver #shoesonthedanube #jewishmemorial

The 38th (Welsh) Division Memorial at Mametz Wood

Departing: Cardiff, Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, and Swindon In The Footsteps ® are pleased to announce that you can join their Somme Battlefield Tour – 12 to 14 May 2022 – from Cardiff, Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, and Swindon. The tour will visit the sites and memorials associated with the 1916 Battle of the Somme, including: • Beaumont Hamel • Fricourt German Military Cemetery • Devonshire Trench • Mametz Wood • Lochnagar Crater • Pozieres • The Tank Corps Memorial • The Ulster Tower Your Battlefield Historian will tell you about some of the acts of valour performed by the soldiers that took part, and you will have an opportunity remember the fallen who gave their lives so that we may enjoy the freedoms we have today. Cost: £255.00 per person (two sharing a twin or double room) – £320.00 Single occupancy – £50.00 Deposit on booking – Final balance due 8 weeks prior to departure. To reserve your place email – [email protected] and quote Somme Tour 2022. Full details at https://www.inthefootsteps.com/tour/Somme-Coach-Tour-12-14-May-2022.pdf.

At the memorial today to pay my respects to those who fought here 105 years ago and took this 360 with my drone.

Remembrance 11 November 2020

Our group laying a wreath at the Menin Gate this evening

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Our Battlefield Tour Service

At In The Footsteps® it is our aim to provide top quality guided battlefield tours to destinations around the world for individuals, couples and groups.

We have over fifteen years experience in designing tours and are confident that we can design a battlefield tour that will meet, and often exceed, your needs. All of our battlefield tours are guided by Subject Matter Experts who have a wealth of experience delivering a package that is fantastic value and an experience that you will cherish forever.

Our battlefield tour service is totally flexible; you tell us where you want to go, when and for how long. You can follow in the footsteps on one of our flexi tours or alternatively we will design a tour specifically tailor-made just for you; the choice is yours.

With an In The Footsteps battlefield tour it is what you want that matters.

Battlefield Tours for Individuals and Small Groups

Tailor-made Genealogy Tours

Follow in the footsteps® of an ancestor or relative who fought across the various battlefields of the world on an In the footsteps® Genealogy Tour. Visit the sites associated with their battles. See the places where they encamped, fought and perhaps were even wounded or died. Together we will design a tour that enables you to retrace their steps, stand in the places they stood, see where they fought and pay your respects at the memorials and CWGC Cemeteries associated with their battles.

When you book an In the footsteps® Genealogy Tour using our services, we will provide as much or as little as you require for your journey including accommodation, transport and food. You will also receive the services of your very own expert guide who will take care of all of the relevant planning and research involved as part of your trip.

On one of our personalised and customised In the footsteps® Genealogy Tours you can visit the memorials that mean the most to you and explore the battlefields that you want to see. You can pay your respects at the cemeteries and visit the museums of your choosing.

Pre-20th Century Tours

In the footsteps has a wealth of experience designing battlefield tours to the sites of the battlefields that span the last millenium and a team of Subject Matter Experts to guide you around them. Our team include both UK based and local guides, all of whom are English speaking and have been touring for many years. Some are ex-military, some have been teachers, some policemen and others come from different walks of life, but whatever their background they all have one thing in common — a love of military history.

First World War Tours

In the footsteps have been arranging tours to the battlefields of the First World War for over fifteen years. In that time they have led customers from diverse backgrounds and different nationalities around the battlefields of the Western Front, Italy, Gallipoli, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Africa. Their team of expert guides have a wealth of knowledge about the campaigns and battles of the First World War and some are published military historians. They have followed in the footsteps of Australian, British, Canadian, French, South African, New Zealand, American and German soldiers exploring the battlefields over which they fought and telling their stories.

Second World War Tours

In the footsteps have been arranging tours to the battlefields of the Second World War for over fifteen years. In that time they have led customers of many different nationalities around the battlefields of the Northwest Europe, Italy, North Africa and Russia. Their team of expert guides have a wealth of knowledge about the campaigns and battles of the Second World War and some are published military historians. They have followed in the footsteps of American, British, Canadian, French, Australian, South African, New Zealand and German soldiers exploring their battlefields and telling their stories.

Group & School Tours

With so many companies offering battlefield tours it’s difficult to pick the one that’s best for you.

We have created our larger guide led group tours around a number of key aims:

First and foremost we want our guests to return home with a real understanding of the conflict or the battle that we have explored together. At each site we visit we will set the scene and explain what happened, where and why, in a clear and succinct way. We won't confuse you with complicated 'military speak' or bore you with confusing detail you'll never remember!

Secondly we will ensure that you experience the battles through the eyes of the soldiers who fought there. As well as the histories of what happened, we draw extensively on contemporary accounts and soldiers' letters home. We also use the poetry and art of the time to help tell the stories. We want to put you there – in the footsteps – of the men and women involved, sharing their thoughts and emotions, listening to their own words.

And thirdly, it's not just about the battlefields. We know that each tour is a holiday as well as a learning experience so we ensure that guests have time to experience some of the culture of the countries they will be visiting in a convivial and relaxed way.

How do we do this?

Our itineraries are designed to put the battles in context of the wider conflict. The individual places we stop at, and the order in which we stop at them, are selected for their importance in the key phases of the battle or campaign. At each site you will be told in a clear and concise way why the particular site is important and what happened there.

We also attach great importance to our guides. An excellent guide is, in our opinion, key to the guest enjoyment of the tour experience. The 'In the Footsteps' guides who will lead you through the stories of each battle are all professionals. Each is selected for the depth of their knowledge, their enthusiasm and their ability to tell the story in an entertaining and engaging way. Most are members of the prestigious Guild of Battlefield Guides.

When selecting hotels, we choose them not only for their convenience for the sites, but also for their ambience – some are actually on the battlefields. We also organise meals for the group in places selected for their relevance to the tour. It is extremely evocative to take dinner looking out over the Cloth Hall in Ypres or have lunch in the cellars where the 'Wipers Times' was printed!

And finally we learn! Every tour is different and even though we may be visiting the same places each time we never assume we know it all. We encourage guests to contribute their own family stories if they would like to and we can visit particular family graves close to the tour routes and organise individual acts of remembrance.

And when we get back? There's always that next piece of research we need to do to answer that question from a guest that stumped us at the time!

The itineraries here are only a guide and can be altered to suit what you want to achieve and your budget. We are flexible on dates and the type of accommodation used subject to availability.

Military Battlefield Studies

Our battlefield studies are specifically designed to deliver the core function of professional education to military units and formations. They must not be confused with other activity on former battlefields such as commemorations, the maintenance of memorials, or team building exercises as these fall within the scope of our Group Tours.

Battlefield studies are directed by the chain of command as formal training and education. We work closely with the chain of command to deliver a battlefield study that meets defined criteria in order to prepare formations, units and individuals for future operations by enhancing their understanding of current operations and improving their comprehension of conventional operations.

What does your tour include?

All of our tailor-made battlefield tours include the services of a dedicated tour guide and transport around the battlefield area. We can also take care of all other arrangements (excluding flights). We can: -

Book your ferry crossings or Eurostar from the UK.

Book your accommodation in one of our carefully selected hotels or B & Bs.

Make your tour all-inclusive, full-board, half-board or bed and breakfast only, whichever you wish.

Arrange your pick-up and return from:

Our UK port of departure or port of entry.

A train station in the tour location.

An airport in the UK or tour location.

Your hotel.

Or any other agreed location.

Whatever you want us to include we will, that which you want to do yourself you can. Our tailor-made In The Footsteps packages are truly flexible giving you total control of your tour.

Each tour that we provide can be especially designed to cater for your very own requirements and we give you the opportunity to see the specific places that are important to you. So whatever you want to do, we can build an itinerary that ensures you get to see what you want to see not just what the tour operator wants to show you.

An In the footsteps tour gives you the flexibility to go where you want, when you want and stay in the grade of accommodation you prefer. So whether you want a battlefield tour of D-Day and the Beaches of Normandy or Arnhem and Operation MARKET GARDEN in WW2 or a battlefield tour to the Somme, Ypres, Ypres Salient, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, Mons, Verdun on the Western Front of the 1914-18 Great War or even visit one of the older battlefields we can design a tour that is right for you.

We have previously arranged battlefield tours for American, Australian, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Singaporean and South African visitors.

Our Insurance

We have full liability and professional indemnity insurance and our fully comprehensive vehicle insurance covers us for our tour operator activities.