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 2025

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 £1,200.

Get in touch with us today to discuss your bespoke tour requirements.

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Your Battlefield Journey Experience

  • 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

Sincere thanks for hosting us on another great trip. Everything seemed to go to plan and I really enjoyed the experience. The cycles, your informative commentary, the banter, the food, the booze etc etc, as always your attention to detail was second to none. So let’s look forward to another - The Western Front in 2017? Once again thank you for all your efforts. You are both great company and always ensure we make the most out of the experience. E bikes forever!!!
Richard Brazier, Romsey, Hampshire
Normandy Cycling Tour, June 2016

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Want to discuss your bespoke ‘Battlefield Journey Experience’
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Get in touch to discover the best itinerary for you.

We will be happy to suggest ideas and to organise the most appropriate programme to suit your interests.

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Cycling Tours

Cycling the Somme

Somme Cycling Tour
Discover the Somme Battlefield

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.

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Pedal to Passchendaele

Ypres Cycling Tour
Pedal to Passchendaele

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.

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The D-Day Cycling Tour

Normandy Cycling Tour
The D Day Landing Beaches

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.

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New Tour Cycle Arnhem - A Bridge Too Far

Cycle Arnhem
A Bridge Too Far

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.

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Operation Dynamo and the Dunkirk Evacuation

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.

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Freewheel the Western Front

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.

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Walking Tours

Walking the Somme

Walking the Somme

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.

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Walking the D-Day Landing Beaches

Walking the D-Day Landing Beaches

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.

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Exploring the Ypres Salient

Exploring the Ypres Salient

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.

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