The CWGC Visitor Centre

The experience begins…

The CWGC Visitor Centre is a unique interpretation centre, situated in the heart of the First World War battlefields.

Come and take a look behind the scenes at the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which honours the memory of soldiers who fell during the two world wars, all over the world.

You will be able to watch our craftspeople at work in the engraving, joinery and metalwork workshops, learn how we maintain our cemeteries and memorials more than a hundred years after they were created, and find out about the work involved in exhuming and reburying the remains of soldiers who fell on the battlefields.

The CWGC Visitor Centre in practice:

• 5–7 Rue Angèle Richard, 62217 Beaurains, France

• Telephone: +33 (0)3 21 21 52 75

• Email: visitcwgc@cwgc.org

• Open Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm; closed at weekends, on public holidays, and in December and January

• Guided tours by booking only:
  Prices:
  1 to 8 people: €12 per person
  9 to 13 people: €10 per person
  14 to 25 people: €12 per person

• Bookings via the CWGC Beaurains Visitor Centre

• Wheelchair access, assistance dogs welcome | Free parking | Hot and cold drinks available