Travel to Northern France and go back to July 1916 - the site of the bloodiest battles of World War One. More than a million casualties and 20,000 deaths in the first day – it was the British Army’s worst one-day combat losses in its history. Home to the largest British Memorial in the world, it’s a place to remember how the horror of WWI was shared by all nations.  

Trace the events of the 1916 Battle of the Somme and get an insight into daily life at the Great War Museum in Peronne. Experience life in the trenches at the Somme 1916 Museum in Albert, and discover the underground hospital in Arras. Commemorate New Zealanders in Longueval, Australians in Pozières, South Africans in Delville Wood, the Irish at Ulster Tower and Canadians at Vimy Ridge. See the names of 73,357 British and Commonwealth soldiers at the stone memorial in Thiepval, and contemplate the reality of WWI at the 30 metre deep crater at La Boisselle.

Less than an hour from the UK, the Somme is one of the best examples of WWI living history in the world. STS offer accommodation in Houdain and Albert, in the heart of the Somme, with easy access to battlefield sites. A very moving experience, the Somme offers a rare opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the history of WWI and contemplate the realities and atrocities of war.