Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park. In recent years the park has been made more visitor friendly. This includes putting wooden walkways into some of the trenches to make them easier to walk through. 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203743)
One of the notable features of Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Park is the ground has been left as it was when the conflict ended in 1918. The outlines of the trenches can still be clearly discerned, together with the remains of shell holes.
One of things that fascinates is the closeness of the two front lines, separated by onyl about 100 metres in places.
The effects of almost 100 years means the trenches are not are clearly defined as they were, whilst the grassy banks are a far cry from the mud and the rats of the summer and autumn of 1916. In recent years, wooden walkways have been added to some of the trenches to make them more visitor friendly.
