The Western Front: Landscape, Tourism and Heritage

The Western Front has become, once again, and after 100 years, an important and increasingly popular tourist destination.

The Centenary is already encouraging large numbers of visitors to engage with this highly poignant landscape of war and to commemorate the sacrifice and loss of a previous generation.

Interest is also being sharpened in the 'places of war' as battle-sites, trench-systems, bunkers and mine craters gain a clearer identity as war heritage.

This book brings together the three strands of heritage, landscape, and tourism to provide a fresh understanding of the multi-layered nature of the Western Front.

The book approaches the area as a rich dynamic landscape which can be viewed in a startling variety of ways: historically, materially, culturally, and perceptually.