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Zillebeke Pond – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper
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Zillebeke Pond – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper
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Zillebeke Pond – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ieper
02:25
48.4km
300m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 15, 2026
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1.46 km
Rijselpoort (Lille Gate)
Highlight • Historical Site
The Lille Gate is a city gate in the Belgian city of Ypres. The gate is located in the south of the city center, on the road to Lille. The Lille Gate is the oldest and only preserved city gate from the fourteenth century that connects two preserved parts of the Ypres fortresses.
The Lille Gate, formerly called the Mesen Gate, dates from the Burgundian period (14th century) and is finished with Burgundian towers. The gate has been renovated several times. In the 17th century, Vauban had the tower lowered and the main wall widened. After destruction in the First World War, the gate was rebuilt.
The Rijselpoort separates the Majoorgracht from the Kasteelgracht, and is therefore a combination of a water and land gate. The entrance to the vaulted hall is on the left of the Lille Gate. To the right of the gate we find the lock room with the lock doors of the streams and settlement waters.
The Ieperlee enters the city through this gate. The Ieperlee has a bed of approximately 2.5 meters deep and is not the feeding stream for the settlement canals.
The Lille Gate, formerly called the Mesen Gate, dates from the Burgundian period (14th century) and is finished with Burgundian towers. The gate has been renovated several times. In the 17th century, Vauban had the tower lowered and the main wall widened. After destruction in the First World War, the gate was rebuilt.
The Rijselpoort separates the Majoorgracht from the Kasteelgracht, and is therefore a combination of a water and land gate. The entrance to the vaulted hall is on the left of the Lille Gate. To the right of the gate we find the lock room with the lock doors of the streams and settlement waters.
The Ieperlee enters the city through this gate. The Ieperlee has a bed of approximately 2.5 meters deep and is not the feeding stream for the settlement canals.
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3.36 km
Zillebeke Pond
Highlight • Lake
An interesting anecdote concerns the battles around the pond during the war. Soldiers used the pond as a natural barrier and shelter. There are stories of soldiers wading through the water at night to reach enemy lines, which gave the pond strategic significance.
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9.98 km
Hill 62 Canadian Memorial
Highlight • Monument
𝐊𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐣 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝟕𝟎 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝟕𝟏, 𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐣𝐞 𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐖𝐆𝐂-𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐟𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐞. 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐠 𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟔𝟐. 𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐞 𝐂𝐖𝐆𝐂 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐧, 𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟔𝟐 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦.
On June 6, all German guns seem to be concentrating on Hooge. Moments later, four mines go off near the hamlet. Ypres is about to fall.
The Canadian 1st Mounted Rifles is currently located at Hill 62, a site of great strategic importance. On June 2, they had seen the positions to their right go up in the air. The Mounted Rifles can barely keep Hill 62 in the days after. They have been under fire for four days when Edward Currie is killed. He is reported missing on June 6. Only his identification disc is recovered. The location on what is today the Hill 62 memorial site is noted as his place of death.
Nearby, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰 will be buried on June 27. The 18-year-old Londoner is killed after the battle, when a mortar shell explodes in the positions. He is buried in the trenches in what is now the far end of the memorial park.
On June 6, all German guns seem to be concentrating on Hooge. Moments later, four mines go off near the hamlet. Ypres is about to fall.
The Canadian 1st Mounted Rifles is currently located at Hill 62, a site of great strategic importance. On June 2, they had seen the positions to their right go up in the air. The Mounted Rifles can barely keep Hill 62 in the days after. They have been under fire for four days when Edward Currie is killed. He is reported missing on June 6. Only his identification disc is recovered. The location on what is today the Hill 62 memorial site is noted as his place of death.
Nearby, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐰 will be buried on June 27. The 18-year-old Londoner is killed after the battle, when a mortar shell explodes in the positions. He is buried in the trenches in what is now the far end of the memorial park.
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16.3 km
Red Poppy Field on Herenthagestraat
Highlight • Natural
This incline has a steep start and requires attention in the turn at the spur due to a hedge somewhat blocking the view.
Thanks to the descending run-up, you quickly get over the steep start.
It is fun to climb through the trees.
Thanks to the descending run-up, you quickly get over the steep start.
It is fun to climb through the trees.
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20.3 km
Smooth Asphalt Path
Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway
6
47.0 km
The Lions of the Menin Gate with information board
Highlight • Monument
The Lions of the Menin Gate
In 2017, we were able to temporarily reacquaint ourselves with the limestone lions on the bridge at the Menin Gate. The lions were on temporary loan (24/04/2017 - 11/11/2017) by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Normally, the lions are located at the entrance to the Australian War Memorial. In 1936, the mayor of Ypres donated two stone lions to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The lions are carved from limestone and were given to the Australian government as a sign of friendship and in gratitude for the great efforts made by the Australians in the First World War. Originally, the lions stood on a plinth on either side of the Menin Gate. The Menin Gate was one of the two entrances to the city of Ypres. It was through this gate that the allied soldiers marched to the battlefields around Ypres between 1914 and 1918. The two stone lions holding the shield of Ypres (Belgium) that had stood at the steps of the Cloth Hall since 1822 returned as part of the commemorations of the First World War. In 1862 the lions were moved to the Menin Gate and remained there during the war as Ypres was reduced to ruins by German artillery fire. Thousands of Australians and other Allied troops passed the lions on their way to the Belgian battlefields of the Western Front. Many of them would never return. The lions, which were broken and damaged, were rescued from the rubble and repaired. The temporary return of the lions commemorated some of the most crucial battles of the First World War, including the Third Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Passchendaele, the Mine Battle and Polygon Wood. Belgium and Australia thus commemorated the catastrophe of the First World War. The lions were installed before Anzac Day and once again stood guard temporarily. On 24 April 2017 at 8pm a special Last Post and a ceremony for the temporary return of the Lions at the Menin Gate were held.
On 5 November 2018 an official unveiling of replicas of the lions took place together with a delegation from the Australian government and the Australian War Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Last Post Association. The replicas weigh approximately 1,200 kg each. The company Monument Vandekerckhove from Ingelmunster made the replicas.
In 2017, we were able to temporarily reacquaint ourselves with the limestone lions on the bridge at the Menin Gate. The lions were on temporary loan (24/04/2017 - 11/11/2017) by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Normally, the lions are located at the entrance to the Australian War Memorial. In 1936, the mayor of Ypres donated two stone lions to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The lions are carved from limestone and were given to the Australian government as a sign of friendship and in gratitude for the great efforts made by the Australians in the First World War. Originally, the lions stood on a plinth on either side of the Menin Gate. The Menin Gate was one of the two entrances to the city of Ypres. It was through this gate that the allied soldiers marched to the battlefields around Ypres between 1914 and 1918. The two stone lions holding the shield of Ypres (Belgium) that had stood at the steps of the Cloth Hall since 1822 returned as part of the commemorations of the First World War. In 1862 the lions were moved to the Menin Gate and remained there during the war as Ypres was reduced to ruins by German artillery fire. Thousands of Australians and other Allied troops passed the lions on their way to the Belgian battlefields of the Western Front. Many of them would never return. The lions, which were broken and damaged, were rescued from the rubble and repaired. The temporary return of the lions commemorated some of the most crucial battles of the First World War, including the Third Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Passchendaele, the Mine Battle and Polygon Wood. Belgium and Australia thus commemorated the catastrophe of the First World War. The lions were installed before Anzac Day and once again stood guard temporarily. On 24 April 2017 at 8pm a special Last Post and a ceremony for the temporary return of the Lions at the Menin Gate were held.
On 5 November 2018 an official unveiling of replicas of the lions took place together with a delegation from the Australian government and the Australian War Memorial, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Last Post Association. The replicas weigh approximately 1,200 kg each. The company Monument Vandekerckhove from Ingelmunster made the replicas.
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47.1 km
Menin Gate Memorial
Highlight • Monument
Historically, the Menin Gate of Ypres was just a passage across the moat and ramparts of the old city fortifications, on the road to the nearby town of Menen. Nevertheless, it had a special meaning for the troops: from here thousands of soldiers made their way to the front, which was called the Ypres Salient - many were never to return.
Today you are standing in front of one of the greatest and most moving memorials of the First World War in the form of a Roman triumphal arch. During the inauguration ceremony in July 1927, the Somerset Light Infantry horns played the tattoo for the first time, and since 1928 it has been played every evening at 8 p.m., regardless of the crowd or the weather.
The vast white Portland stone walls of the Menin Gate contain inscriptions with the names of nearly 55,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell on the battlefield and have no burial place; son, father, brother. Indeed, the walls of the Menin Gate were not large enough: 34,957 other names of the last lost are written on the walls of Tyne Cot Cemetery east of Ypres.
Today you are standing in front of one of the greatest and most moving memorials of the First World War in the form of a Roman triumphal arch. During the inauguration ceremony in July 1927, the Somerset Light Infantry horns played the tattoo for the first time, and since 1928 it has been played every evening at 8 p.m., regardless of the crowd or the weather.
The vast white Portland stone walls of the Menin Gate contain inscriptions with the names of nearly 55,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell on the battlefield and have no burial place; son, father, brother. Indeed, the walls of the Menin Gate were not large enough: 34,957 other names of the last lost are written on the walls of Tyne Cot Cemetery east of Ypres.
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47.5 km
In Flanders Fields Museum in the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle)
Highlight • Historical Site
The Flanders Fields Museum is located in the Lakkenhalle on the Grote Markt
Depending on your interests, you can expect to spend several hours visiting the museum.
Brief history of the building: The Cloth Hall (Grand Place) is one of the largest civil buildings in the Gothic style in Europe.
The original Cloth Hall was built between 1200 and 1304.
The belfry is 70 m high and was built between 1200 and 1230 as a symbol of the power of the citizenry. From the late 12th century until 1817, real live cats were thrown out of the belfry. These have been stuffed cats since 1955.
The Cloth Halls used to serve as a trading place for fabrics. The cloth was sold in every door at the bottom of the belfry. Ypres was very famous in the Middle Ages for the good quality of its fabrics.
The building was completely destroyed in World War I and later rebuilt. The restored Cloth Hall was completed in 1967. The architects decided to reconstruct the pre-war situation as faithfully as possible. The original stones can still be seen at the foot of the Cloth Hall; these are the largest. The higher up you go, the smaller the stones become.
Depending on your interests, you can expect to spend several hours visiting the museum.
Brief history of the building: The Cloth Hall (Grand Place) is one of the largest civil buildings in the Gothic style in Europe.
The original Cloth Hall was built between 1200 and 1304.
The belfry is 70 m high and was built between 1200 and 1230 as a symbol of the power of the citizenry. From the late 12th century until 1817, real live cats were thrown out of the belfry. These have been stuffed cats since 1955.
The Cloth Halls used to serve as a trading place for fabrics. The cloth was sold in every door at the bottom of the belfry. Ypres was very famous in the Middle Ages for the good quality of its fabrics.
The building was completely destroyed in World War I and later rebuilt. The restored Cloth Hall was completed in 1967. The architects decided to reconstruct the pre-war situation as faithfully as possible. The original stones can still be seen at the foot of the Cloth Hall; these are the largest. The higher up you go, the smaller the stones become.
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48.4 km
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33.8 km
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2.77 km
798 m
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27.9 km
19.5 km
600 m
402 m
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