Yorkshire Trench and Dug Out — Attraction in Ypres

A really interesting little stop that we are glad we visited. Some information to read about its discovery and a great experience for my children, especially as they have recently learnt about the world wars at school. We visited the flanders field museum in Ipres the day before so this gave some extra insight to what the trenches were like. Some parts could use a little tlc but it is such a fascinating experience that I can't believe is just open to the public for nothing. I really hope people who visit help to keep it restored with respect. This is located in an industrial estate where there is a small lay-by outside to fit about 2-3 cars when visiting. Parking was not a problem for us as was only one other couple there. As stated this place is only small and was great for us as we were nearby and passing through and we're glad to have...

Few of these survive, they are well looked after and some are very hard to find but the rewards are big. When you imagine that many of our relatives spent months knee-deep in cold mud actually living in them whilst being bombed and gassed, do you begin to feel the horrors of that war. There still remain visible 5 tubes set at an angle, they are Fosgene gas cannon aimed at the "enemy" trenches. The trenches were often many miles long, winding up and down the western front and given names like Picadilly Circus and Kings Cross. Worth a visit, try to visit some small cemeteries too, see the names and remember. As they say.........

It was a short drive on from Tyne Cot to the Yorkshire Trench and Dugout. This was discovered and excavated when they were building the nearby industrial estate and the dugout, 10m underground and formerly the Regimental Command Post, was like a time capsule with original artifacts still intact. There were also 200 bodies discovered during the building of the estate, showing the scale of the death and destruction even 100 years later. The dugouts are now flooded so we couldn't go in but we walked through the trenches and saw how they were made as well as how they fitted in with the Allied lines using original air...