Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Steenwerck
Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Steenwerck
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Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Steenwerck
05:32
79.7km
740m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 18, 2026
Tips
Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route
After 16.4 km for 278 m
After 18.0 km for 281 m
After 68.0 km for 105 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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16.4 km
Huikerbossen
Forest
18.5 km
De Palingbeek
Nature Reserve
23.3 km
Zillebekevijver
Lake
26.0 km
Menin Gate Memorial
Highlight • Monument
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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26.3 km
Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres
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Built into the mighty building is the belfry - you can also find it in numerous cities in Flanders as an expression of civic pride and self-confidence.
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29.5 km
Along Kasteelbeek
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32.8 km
Dikkebus Pond
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33.0 km
Dikkebusvijver
Lake
46.1 km
Bois de la Fondation Marguerite Yourcenar
Forest
54.0 km
Magnificent view
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54.3 km
Katsberg
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68.0 km
Hellegatbos
Nature Reserve
68.6 km
View of Loker from the Rodeberg
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69.7 km
Gildestraat
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79.7 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
47.3 km
13.9 km
8.29 km
6.27 km
3.77 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
44.2 km
17.5 km
15.0 km
1.92 km
938 m
121 m
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Elevation
Highest point (160 m)
Lowest point (20 m)
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Thursday 9 July
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