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Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) – Ypres Ramparts (Fortifications) loop from Ypres

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Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) – Ypres Ramparts (Fortifications) loop from Ypres

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Rijselpoort (Lille Gate) – Ypres Ramparts (Fortifications) loop from Ypres

03:35

14.1km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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469 m

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.

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980 m

Ketelkwaad

Forest

1.45 km

Ypres Ramparts and Moats

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The fortress route reveals the most beautiful places on the ramparts around the whole outskirts of the city, from high up on the ramparts to low down along the beautiful moats. The route also explores the vanished fortresses in the north and north-west of the city.

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2.79 km

Oude vaart Ieper-Komen

Lake

12.1 km

Astridpark and St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres

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The Astrid Park is located next to St. Martin's Church. At the time it was the garden of the episcopal palace.

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12.5 km

St Martin's Cathedral (Sint-Maartenskathedraal), Ypres

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Beautiful cathedral from the time when Ypres still had a bishop. Ypres used to be part of the diocese of Saint-Omer. It had its own cathedral. In 1561, the diocese of Thérouanne was dissolved into three dioceses: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint-Omer and Ypres. The church of the St. Martin's Monastery (regular canons of Saint-Augustine) was then elevated to cathedral. Cornelius Jansenius was the most famous bishop of the diocese of Ypres. The cathedral is now known as the St. Martin's Church.
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12.6 km

The Meat House

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The Vleeshuis (Butchers' Hall) is a building in the center of Ypres.

The ground floor is early Gothic and was built around 1275. The late Gothic upper floor dates from 1530 and has two stepped gables. It previously housed the City Museum, the youth services on the first floor, and the JOC youth center in the basement.
Source: Wikipedia

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13.5 km