Planning Your Trip

Planning Your Visit

Listed below is information you may wish to refer to whilst planning and preparing your visit.

Travel

Coaches

  • We work with a select number of coach operators, to ensure the high standard of your coach.
  • All coaches are fully executive, with toilet, DVD player, air-conditioning and seatbelts.
  • Drivers are experienced, courteous, fully qualified and DBS cleared.

Ferries

Our standard ferry crossings are:

  • the P&O Dover-Calais route, which takes approximately 1hr 30mins.
  • the Brittany Ferries’ Portsmouth-Caen route takes approximately 6 hours, but greatly reduces the coach travel time in France.
  • the Euro Tunnel, which takes approximately 35 minutes from Folkestone to Calais.
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Accommodation

We offer:

  • ensuite children’s rooms, sleeping between 6 and 14.
  • teachers’ rooms, which are mostly single and en-suite. All have tea and coffee making facilities.
  • Security, ensured through restricted entry, security lighting and the Duty Manager who secures all buildings at lights out.

Meals

Meals at Château Beaumont:

  • are home-cooked, nutritious and filling,
  • have a slightly French flavour, whilst catering for the tastes of young people,
  • cater for all dietary requirements.
  • Packed lunches are provided for groups on excursions and on the day of departure.
  • A sample menu can be found in the Downloads section.
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Free Time

The facilities at Château Beaumont ensure that your group enjoys every moment of their school trip to France.

  • The Teachers’ Retreat includes refrigerator, Sky television, tea and coffee.
  • Students’ Common Room with a selection of games available.
  • Basketball Court.
  • Classroom Facilities.
  • Chapel Cinema, also the perfect spot for nighttime story telling.
  • Tuck Shop with reasonably priced souvenirs, sweets, postcards, stamps etc.
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