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Mesen – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ploegsteert

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Mesen – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ploegsteert

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Mesen – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ploegsteert

02:28

41.0km

230m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

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4.37 km

Island of Ireland Peace Park and Round Tower

Highlight • Monument

The Irish Peace Tower is the central monument in the Irish Peace Park in Mesen, West Flanders. The park and the tower were built in memory of the Irish soldiers who were killed, wounded or missing in action during the First World War. The tower, which has a height of 30.5 metres, is designed according to the traditional model of an Irish round tower. Since September 2023, the park has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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5.13 km

Mesen

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1,040 inhabitants and 358 hectares: Mesen is officially the smallest town in Belgium. The place was once an important business location: in the 11th and 12th centuries, all cloth merchants from Lille, Ypres, Bruges and Torhout came here for the annual market.

St. Nicholas Church with its striking dome dates back to those golden years. The entire building was damaged during the First World War and only partially rebuilt in 1928. Only the tower is a reminder of what the church must have looked like in the past.

Want to keep track? Then climb the tower. 37 meters above the ground you have a wonderful panoramic view over the hills of the Heuvelland to Lille.

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13.8 km

Old Lock Remains, De Palingbeek

Highlight • Monument

On the old canal are the remains of an old lock. These were protected as a monument in 2000. You can walk a lot in Domain De Palingbeek. Where there is still a lot to see from WW1. Both British and Germans built positions here.

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18.5 km

Zillebeke Pond

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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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20.7 km

Kazematten Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge (Ypres)

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Just down the road of the Menin Gate, every evening there is a bugle played for changing of the guards

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21.2 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.

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21.5 km

Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres

Highlight • Historical Site

The Lakenhalle is basically a trade fair hall - much more magnificent than today's "event locations". In the Middle Ages, Ypres was an important trading center for cloth and fabrics. You can see the importance of this magnificent Gothic building for the "Laken" (Dutch for cloth).

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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27.3 km

View of the Belgian Countryside

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Beautiful bike path through the rolling countryside. You have beautiful views from the bicycle.

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39.0 km

Bois de la Hutte

Forest

41.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.4 km

15.8 km

5.85 km

1.73 km

183 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.2 km

9.95 km

1.42 km

1.41 km

< 100 m

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Mesen – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Ploegsteert

Island of Ireland Peace Park and Round Tower

Mesen

Old Lock Remains, De Palingbeek

Zillebeke Pond

Kazematten Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge (Ypres)

Menin Gate Memorial

Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres

View of the Belgian Countryside

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