Stop off around Amiens, France

[Dazscuba]

In May next year I am travelling from Rotterdam to Normandy D Day Beaches. I would like to do a stop around Amiens which is about 4 hours into the trip and visit a couple of places relating to WW1. Can anybody suggest anywhere circled within a couple of miles of the roads that would be worth a visit. 
 

don’t want to go way way out of the way as we still have another 2.5 to 3 hrs to travel afterwards. 

 

TIA

Daz

 

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[Michelle Young]

The Villers Bret cemetery and memorial, plus the Sir John Monash centre springs to mind. Plus there’s a cafe and excellent lavatories………, both at the car park and the SJMC. 

The Le Hamel Park, though the lavatories aren’t up to much, but the memorial and surroundings are very interesting.

Or the Historial at Peronne. 

[chaz]

if you wanted to stop a bit earlier, Arras and the CWGC experience.

[Dazscuba]

Brilliant thank you for the ideas 

[Buffnut453]

The Red Baron's crash site isn't too far, nor is the site of the airfield, at Cappy, from which he made his last sortie.  The mansion used as the officers' mess is still there, although it's now a private home.

The Australian Corps Memorial at Le Hamel is worth a visit, offering great views across the Somme valley.  The remains of some Great War trenches are still visible.  

When I was there a few years ago, I bimbled a little way north of Amiens to see the site of Vert Galant aerodrome.  The old farm and barn buildings are still there and clearly recognizable.  I realise it's not everyone's cup of tea but I had a personal connection: a relative made his first operational sortie from there in September 1918.

Also, if you fancy branching out into WW2, the graves of Percy Charles Pickard and his navigator are in the main cemetery in Amiens.  Pickard led Operation Jericho against the Amiens prison but was shot down and killed.

Edited 5 September , 2023 by Buffnut453