The Western Front Expedition | A Walk from London to Paris | 5 September – 31 October 2014

World War I : 1914–1918

"The war to end all wars"

700 miles in 57 stages. 5 September–31 October 2014.

A walk from London to Paris via the battlefields of The Western Front.

If you would like to take part in one or more stages,
RSVP to westernfront@englishcountrywalks.com.

Week	Dates	Theme	Route	Distance
1	Fri 5 Sep – Thu 11 Sep	London and the Thames Defences	London – Rochester	111km/69mi
2	Fri 12 Sep – Fri 19 Sep	The Kent Coast	Rochester – Dover	132km/82mi
3	Sat 20 Sep – Sat 27 Sep	In Flanders Fields	Dover – Ypres	147km/91mi
4	Sun 28 Sep – Sat 4 Oct	Lille and the Mines of the North	Ypres – Lens	137km/85mi
5	Sun 5 Oct – Fri 10 Oct	Artois and the Somme	Lens – Péronne	129km/80mi
6	Sat 11 Oct – Fri 17 Oct	Operation Michael	Péronne – Soissons	140km/87mi
7	Sat 18 Oct – Fri 24 Oct	The Battles of the Aisne	Soissons – Château-Thierry	169km/105mi
8	Sat 25 Oct – Fri 31 Oct	The Marne and Île-de-France	Château-Thierry – Paris	163km/102mi

Week 1: London and the Thames DefencesLondon to Rochester, 111km/69mi^

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
1	Fri 5 Sep	The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior	Imperial War Museum	Westminster Abbey	3.7km/2.3mi
2	Sat 6 Sep	Monuments and Memorials	Westminster Abbey	Drury Lane	10.3km/6.4mi
3	Sun 7 Sep	Death from Above: The Zeppelin Raids	Drury Lane	Greenwich	14.3km/8.9mi
4	Mon 8 Sep	Woolwich Royal Arsenal	Greenwich	Abbey Wood	18.5km/11.5mi
5	Tue 9 Sep	Lesnes Abbey and the Thames Reaches	Abbey Wood	Swanscombe	22.0km/13.7mi
6	Wed 10 Sep	Afternoon at the Explosives Factory	Swanscombe	Cooling	21.0km/13.0mi
7	Thu 11 Sep	The Wreck of UB-122	Cooling	Rochester	21.5km/13.4mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
8	Fri 12 Sep	HMNB Chatham: The Royal Navy Dockyard	Rochester	Upchurch	14.0km/8.7mi
9	Sat 13 Sep	Sheppey and the Swale	Upchurch	Tonge	24.0km/14.9mi
10	Sun 14 Sep	Faversham and the Battle of Graveney Marsh	Tonge	Seasalter	22.0km/13.7mi
11	Mon 15 Sep	The Oyster Beds of Whitstable	Seasalter	Reculver	15.5km/9.6mi
12	Tue 16 Sep	The Thirty-Nine Steps	Reculver	Broadstairs	20.0km/12.4mi
13	Wed 17 Sep	Sandwich Bay and the Saxon Landings	Broadstairs	Deal	22.5km/14.0mi
14	Thu 18 Sep	The White Cliffs of Dover	Deal	Dover	13.5km/8.4mi
15	Fri 19 Sep	The Tranquil Bay: Prelude to War	Dover	Dover	0.0km/0.0mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
16	Sat 20 Sep	A Seaside Citadel	Dover	Gravelines	13.6km/8.5mi
17	Sun 21 Sep	Lowland Flanders: The River Aa	Gravelines	Watten	19.5km/12.1mi
18	Mon 22 Sep	Birthplace of the Royal Air Force	Watten	Saint-Omer	18.7km/11.6mi
19	Tue 23 Sep	The Hilltop Stronghold of Marshal Foch	Saint-Omer	Cassel	26.3km/16.3mi
20	Wed 24 Sep	Through the Mountains of Flanders	Cassel	Bœschepe	23.1km/14.4mi
21	Thu 25 Sep	The Ossuary of Kemmelberg	Bœschepe	Kemmel	25.2km/15.7mi
22	Fri 26 Sep	The Ypres Salient	Kemmel	Ypres	20.3km/12.6mi
23	Sat 27 Sep	Last Post at the Menin Gate	Ypres	Ypres	0.0km/0.0mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
24	Sun 28 Sep	Polygon Wood and the Battle of Gheluvelt	Ypres	Wervik	22.1km/13.7mi
25	Mon 29 Sep	Museum of the Resistance	Wervik	Bondues	22.6km/14.0mi
26	Tue 30 Sep	The Juniper Distillery	Bondues	Lille	16.7km/10.4mi
27	Wed 1 Oct	A Phoenix from the Ashes	Lille	Lille	0.0km/0.0mi
28	Thu 2 Oct	Origins of the Magna Carta	Lille	Bouvines	22.8km/14.2mi
29	Fri 3 Oct	The Forest of Phalempin	Bouvines	Mons-en-Pévèle	27.5km/17.1mi
30	Sat 4 Oct	Coal, Canals, and the Louvre-Lens	Mons-en-Pévèle	Lens	25.5km/15.8mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
31	Sun 5 Oct	Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Lorette	Lens	Ablain-Saint-Nazaire	17.7km/11.0mi
32	Mon 6 Oct	Valley of the Scarpe	Ablain-Saint-Nazaire	Arras	21.0km/13.0mi
33	Tue 7 Oct	The Tunnel Companies	Arras	Arras	0.0km/0.0mi
34	Wed 8 Oct	The Farmlands of Artois	Arras	Bapaume	27.3km/17.0mi
35	Thu 9 Oct	The Schwaben Redoubt	Bapaume	Albert	28.6km/17.8mi
36	Fri 10 Oct	The Battle of the Somme	Albert	Péronne	34.5km/21.4mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
37	Sat 11 Oct	The Prison of Jeanne d'Arc	Péronne	Beaurevoir	33.1km/20.6mi
38	Sun 12 Oct	On the Hindenburg Line	Beaurevoir	Saint-Quentin	26.4km/16.4mi
39	Mon 13 Oct	Capital of the Viromandui	Saint-Quentin	Saint-Quentin	0.0km/0.0mi
40	Tue 14 Oct	Into the Valley of the Oise	Saint-Quentin	La Fère	34.2km/21.3mi
41	Wed 15 Oct	The Forest of Saint-Gobain	La Fère	Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique	24.2km/15.0mi
42	Thu 16 Oct	Brunhilda's Way	Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique	Soissons	22.3km/13.9mi
43	Fri 17 Oct	The City of Saint Crispin	Soissons	Soissons	0.0km/0.0mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
44	Sat 18 Oct	Safe in the Labyrinth	Soissons	Vailly-sur-Aisne	29.4km/18.3mi
45	Sun 19 Oct	The Cave of the Dragon	Vailly-sur-Aisne	Craonnelle	25.6km/15.9mi
46	Mon 20 Oct	Stormtroopers and Flamethrowers	Craonnelle	Fismes	32.0km/19.9mi
47	Tue 21 Oct	The Forests of Picardy	Fismes	Fère-en-Tardenois	26.1km/16.2mi
48	Wed 22 Oct	Headwaters of the Ourcq	Fère-en-Tardenois	Neuilly-Saint-Front	28.9km/18.0mi
49	Thu 23 Oct	The Forgotten Soldier of Torcy	Neuilly-Saint-Front	Château-Thierry	26.7km/16.6mi
50	Fri 24 Oct	General Pershing's Army	Château-Thierry	Château-Thierry	0.0km/0.0mi

Stage	Date	Theme	Start	Finish	Distance
51	Sat 25 Oct	The Schlieffen Plan Crumbles	Château-Thierry	Charly-sur-Marne	15.5km/9.6mi
52	Sun 26 Oct	The Grindstone Capital	Charly-sur-Marne	La Ferté-sous-Jouarre	27.5km/17.1mi
53	Mon 27 Oct	Miracle on the Marne	La Ferté-sous-Jouarre	Meaux	33.3km/20.7mi
54	Tue 28 Oct	Brie and Braille	Meaux	Thorigny-sur-Marne	26.8km/16.7mi
55	Wed 29 Oct	The Aqueduct Route	Thorigny-sur-Marne	Champs-sur-Marne	27.2km/16.9mi
56	Thu 30 Oct	Bois de Vincennes: The Eastern Gates	Champs-sur-Marne	Charenton-le-Pont	18.5km/11.5mi
57	Fri 31 Oct	Rendezvous at The Eternal Flame	Charenton-le-Pont	The Arc de Triomphe	13.8km/8.6mi