Tyne Cot Cemetery – Hill 62 Canadian Memorial loop from Menen
Tyne Cot Cemetery – Hill 62 Canadian Memorial loop from Menen
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Tyne Cot Cemetery – Hill 62 Canadian Memorial loop from Menen
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65.2km
270m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 29, 2026
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After 39.3 km for 403 m
After 50.8 km for 187 m
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Start point
Train Station
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14.9 km
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Highlight • Historical Site
As a visitor, you become acquainted with the horror of the Battle of Passchendaele in various educational ways. Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest British military cemetery on mainland Europe.
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Beeuwsaertmolen (Moulin Bleu)
Highlight • Monument
The Beeuwsaert mill was operational until 1959. In 1976 it fell prey to a heavy storm. The blades went wild and the overload caused the mill to catch fire.
Since 2010, the mill has been completely rebuilt and is open to the public
Visit mill :
Every first Sunday of the month between 13:30 and 17:00.
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39.3 km
In Flanders Fields Museum in the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle)
Highlight • Historical Site
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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44.9 km
Spoilbank Cemetery and Spoilbank Crater
Highlight • Historical Site
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45.3 km
Cycle Path Through the Palingbeke Forest
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47.6 km
To Palingbeek
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48.5 km
Trench 42 Memorial at Hill 60
Highlight • Monument
Hill 60, south of Ypres, was of immense strategic importance during the war. Whoever occupied the 60-meter-high hill observed the battlefield. Fierce fighting took place around Hill 60, even underground. Both sides undermined each other's positions there. On April 26, 1916, the Germans detonated a mine under Trench 42. The trench, which ran across Wervik Street, was then manned by a platoon of the Canadian 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario). The explosion created a crater 25 meters wide and 10 meters deep. It was a fiery task to extract the wounded, let alone the dead, from the rubble. At least four unfortunates were buried alive: Thomas Riddols, a 21-year-old student from Drayton, Ontario; Bruce Brooks, originally from London; Edward Archer; and Arthur Harris.
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Hill 62 Canadian Memorial
Highlight • Monument
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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65.2 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
40.2 km
15.6 km
9.03 km
378 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
37.2 km
27.1 km
532 m
261 m
< 100 m
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