Avril Williams Guest House is situated just about as close as one can stay to the 1916 Front Line of the Somme battlefield.

The preserved trenches at Newfoundland Park are just a few minutes stroll down a quiet (now…) country lane, as are other famous battlefield places such as the massive Hawthorn Crater (blown on the 1st July 1916), Beaumont Hamel, Sunken Road and ‘White City’.

A particularly interesting feature of Avril’s Guest House is the famous cellar, which once provided shelter and first aid to troops serving in the Front Line a only a few hundred yards away. These cellars featured in the recent BBC television documentary ‘War Walks’. Avril’s accommodation has also featured in major articles produced by The Times and Telegraph newspapers.

Avril’s is particularly suited to those who wish to escape the formality of normal hotel life and experience true home living and cooking - in the company of chickens, sheep and what other ‘visiting’ animals Avril happens to be caring for when you come to stay!

The accommodation comprises a mix of double, single and twin rooms (all en-suite), as well as a ‘proper’ fried breakfast for those wanting a more substantial start to the day.

Visitors to this guest house will be able to see for themselves the result of many years hard work by some of Avril’s ‘fan club’ in excavating the trenches (see picture) that once connected the property to the main trench system of the Front Line (as commented upon by Edmund Blunden in his memorable book ‘Undertones of War’.