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Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Westouter

Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Westouter

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Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Westouter

02:49

48.1km

440m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel 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: May 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 28.8 km for 285 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.09 km

Start of Rodeberg Climb via Rodebergstraat

Highlight • Climb

Rodeberg via Rodebergstraat is a climb in the Westhoek region. It is 0.7 kilometers long and bridges 41 vertical meters with an average gradient of 5.7%. This climb scores 34 climbing points. The top of the ascent is 136 meters.
Source: climbfinder.com/nl/beklimmingen/rodeberg-oost

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5.33 km

Eeuwenhout Forest Trail

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Very rough dirt road with lots of rocks sticking out.

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8.75 km

Kleine Kemmelbergweg

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First step on off road of the kemmelberg before paved road :)

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9.73 km

French Soldiers' Memorial (1914–1918), Kemmelberg

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At 156 metres, the Kemmelberg is the highest point in the province. At its top is the Belvédère Tower: a tourist observation tower from which you can enjoy a great panoramic view of the entire region. Signs explain the main attractions that lie at your feet. In good weather, you can even see the coast.

The tower is free to enter on Fridays and Saturdays (from 2 p.m.) and Sundays (from 12 p.m.).

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9.98 km

Kemmelberg cobbled climb

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Well-known climb from the classic Gent Wevelgem. This climb is up to 17% steep. The cobblestones are in relatively good condition.

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10.4 km

Kemmelberg cobbled climb

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Here comes the famous cobbled hill that climbs Mount Kemmel. The percentages range from 11 to 20%.

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23.9 km

De Palingbeek

Nature Reserve

27.9 km

Zillebekevijver

Lake

30.9 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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31.2 km

Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres

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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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37.9 km

Dikkebusvijver

Lake

48.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.5 km

11.5 km

5.40 km

4.34 km

3.31 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.8 km

12.6 km

11.3 km

1.82 km

1.76 km

761 m

Elevation

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Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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Saturday 6 June

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12°C

19 %

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Menin Gate Memorial – Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres loop from Westouter

Start of Rodeberg Climb via Rodebergstraat

Eeuwenhout Forest Trail

Kleine Kemmelbergweg

French Soldiers' Memorial (1914–1918), Kemmelberg

Kemmelberg cobbled climb

Kemmelberg cobbled climb

Menin Gate Memorial

Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle), Ypres

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