Frank Toogood is your Battlefield Guide. He specialises in just one battle — the Battle of Waterloo, which took place on the 18th of June 1815 and marked the end of the Napoleonic era.

The battle lasted for 9 hours over an area of some 10km by 4km and was fought by 240,000 men of different European nationalities, from an Emperor, Duke and Field Marshal, down to a humble Soldier, like Private Matthew Clay from the Light Company of the 3rd Foot Guards at Hougoumont.

Take a tour with Frank and let him bring alive the personalities, their stories and the horrific and vivid events that took place on that fateful day.

As Napoléon Bonaparte once said, "Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."

So when you're finished looking through the website, don't wait — book a tour with The Battlefield Guide, and tour the hallowed acres of Waterloo!



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I wanted to drop you a few lines to say thanks for the fabulous trip to the battlefield at Waterloo.

It's difficult to single out particular highlights of the trip as there were so many! One of them has got to be sitting at the top of the Lion Mound (breath-taking in more than one way!) and using the excellent maps you prepared to see how the battle moved from one phase to the next.

Another for me was standing in the actual room where Napoleon slept in on the eve of the great battle.

However the very best part for me of the whole trip was the walking tour of the famous Hougoumont Farm. Your blow by blow account of this epic struggle really brought it to life — you could almost smell the black powder smoke. Seeing some French Cavalry re–enactors there was the icing on the cake for me.

It's obvious from your depth of knowledge and your enthusiasm, that you've put a great deal of time and effort into researching this battle, and made the tour so much more interesting. I look forward to travelling with you again.

Many thanks

Paul Fowler
Colchester



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