Le Sars: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Le Sars and Warlencourt-Eaucourt formed a joint community of residents in the 17th and 18th centuries. The history of the place also extends into the First World War: Le Sars was captured by the British 23rd Division on 7 October 1916 and captured again by the Third Army on 25 August 1918.

Those choosing Le Sars as a destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.

History

In the wider area around Le Sars is Warlencourt British Cemetery, which incorporates the former Hexham Road Cemetery in Le Sars. The cemetery contains 3,505 graves and commemorations from the First World War for Commonwealth personnel.

Culture

The coat of arms of Le Sars shows a silver church portal on a gold base against a blue background, flanked above by two gold stars. Le Sars is also home to the Église Saint-Pierre du Sars, a church.

In the wider regional area around Le Sars is the Museum of the Great War, a museum. Also located in this wider regional area are the Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Brelle, a monastery, the Abbaye Saint-Vaast d'Arras, a historic site, and the Abbaye du Vivier, also a historic site.

Trails

The 9 km-long Sentier de la Butte de Warlencourt begins in Warlencourt, leads to Le Sars, and then continues to Pys. The trail runs around the Butte via the Rio du Curé and then westwards towards Le Sars.

Le Sars is listed as a place along the 90 km-long Véloroute de la Mémoire (V32) between Amiens and Arras.

Accommodation

The Gîte de l'Abbaye d'Eaucourt is located at 4 rue de l'abbaye, 62450 Le Sars.

The Memory Somme accommodation is located at 37 route Nationale, 62450 Le Sars.

For further reading, there are also location pages for Blingel, Vieille-Chapelle, Merlimont, Landrethun-Le-Nord, Vieil-Moutier, Marant, Aubrometz and Cucq available.

For the higher-level travel overview: Pas-De-Calais.