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Menin Gate Memorial – Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) loop from Esquelbecq

Menin Gate Memorial – Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) loop from Esquelbecq

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Menin Gate Memorial – Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) loop from Esquelbecq

06:50

166km

360m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very 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 5, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 38.8 km for 162 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.47 km

Château d'Esquelbecq

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The Castle with its feudal charm, restored in 0606, with its dovecote (1606), gatehouse, farm (housing the Maison du Westhoek) and bailiff's house (1615), still looks exactly like the print …

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23.8 km

Poperinge Main Square

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A typically Flemish town square, Poperinge is close to the French border and typical of this area. Famous for hops and lace in the medieval period, now the square is …

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29.8 km

Hop Store British Cemetery

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A British military cemetery with fallen soldiers from the First World War.

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34.9 km

Oude vaart Ieper-Komen

Lake

37.7 km

Menin Gate Memorial

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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, …

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38.7 km

Rijselpoort (Lille Gate)

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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 …

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38.9 km

Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate

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This is one of the smaller cemeteries for the victims of the First World War in Ypres and the surrounding area, but it is no less moving.

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93.6 km

Bourbourg

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Bourbourg is a typical town in Northern France, centred around a market square and a church. IN this part of the world, if there is a church, you can bet …

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108 km

Entering Le Tap Cul

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A tapecul (also written tape-cul or tapecu) is a sail set at the rear of a sailboat, then often called a yawl, on the tapecul mast.

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121 km

Bois Dubrulle

Forest

166 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

115 km

44.6 km

6.14 km

531 m

371 m

228 m

126 m

Surfaces

136 km

27.8 km

1.75 km

335 m

179 m

123 m

Elevation

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Sunday 24 May

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Menin Gate Memorial – Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) loop from Esquelbecq

Château d'Esquelbecq

Poperinge Main Square

Hop Store British Cemetery

Menin Gate Memorial

Rijselpoort (Lille Gate)

Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate

Bourbourg

Entering Le Tap Cul

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