Embry provides a central base from which vistors can make forays to the numerous battlefields, bunkers and fortifications which dot Pas de Calais, Belgium/Flanders, Kent and even further afield.
Some trips might best be overnighters, though it is possible to drive to and from all individual destinations within the Pas de Calais region in one day.
The list here is by no means exhaustive, but we HAVE thrown a few Museums and other general places of interest into the "Battlefields" mix. The following are direct links to web pages on this site relating to those places highlighted on the map above above:
02 - Arras / Vimy Ridge
03 - Azincourt
04 - Battle of Britain Memorial
05 - Blockhaus d'Éperlecques
06 - Battle of Cambrai #
07 - Crécy
08 - Diksmuide #
09 - Dover Castle #
10 - Dunkerque
11 - Hastings / Battle # (and Bayeau) #
12 - La Coupole V2 Launch Site & Planetarium
13 - Mimoyecques V3 Rocket Base
14 - Passchendaele #
15 - RAF Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Museum #
16 - Ramsgate Tunnels #
17 - The Atlantic Wall (Including Cap Gris Nez, Cap Blanc Nez and Batterie Todt)
18 - The Landing Beaches (and Cherbourg & Caen) *
19 - The Somme #
20 - Then and Now
21 - Verdun *
22 - Waterloo #
23 - Tongue-in-Cheek Overview of WWI
24 - Ypres (Iepers) #
25 - Sgt Fairley Stewart
26 - Misc
* Definitely more than a Return-Day-Trip
# Ideally an overnighter
Geoff and Annette are NOT Tour- Guides or Experts!
That said, after many years of taking friends and family around most of the places mentioned on these pages, we HAVE become pretty familiar with the area and the local History.
The Places of Interest featured on the following pages are by no-means exhaustive, but should be enough to picque your interest. (A trip to the Tourist Bureaus in Hucquiliers, Hesdin and/or Montrieul sur Mer might be of further use.
La Coupole, in particular, has a very interesting Visitors' Center and Shop.
< Note: Further sub-pages to be added here ~ Oct 2023 >
