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An underground site filled with memories and emotion: visit the Wellington
Quarry and share the experience of thousands of soldiers who were
stationed below ground before the terrible 9th April 1917 offensive.
“Arras, a ghost town...20m below ground discover how the soldiers lived in
the quarries during the week before the 1917 spring offensive. Then, like
them, come out of this shelter and via a film, discover the shock that was the
9th April Battle of Arras.” The first words that you will hear during your
audio-guided and accompanied tour of the Wellington Quarry invite you to
begin an amazing seventy-five minute visitor experience. Just a few hundred
metres from Arras Railway Station, the famous surprise offensive of 9th April
1917 against the German positions was prepared, and then launched at
5.30am. Thousands of soldiers were stationed in the former chalk quarries
that date back to the Middle Ages, and which were linked up by New Zealand
tunnelers.
Rue Delétoille 62000 Arras
Tél : +33 (0)3 21 51 26 95
Fax : +33 (0)3 21 71 07 34
Admission : 6.80 euros / Special Price 3.10 euros
Every day all year round
10.00 am - 12.30 pm / 1.30 pm 6.00 pm
Annual closure:
January 1 and 3 weeks after the Christmas holidays
The 28, 29 and 30 June
25 December
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