So how do I get there?

Start out at the Ferry Port on the E15, Follow signs 'Toutes Directions' then A16/A26, A216, A16, A25, D948, N38, R33, N38, N8, N379, N313, N8.

ypres

An attractive and busting community of 35,000 people with history and culture everywhere.

Visit the battlefields and the Menin Gate memorial which is generally regarded as the most famous British war memorial from the First World War. Designed by Sir Blomfield it has the names of no less than 54,896 missing soldiers engraved on its walls. The Last Post is sounded here every evening at 8pm.

Is there a local speciality?
Beer and Chocolate are high on the list of specialities.

Any good activities around?
A great way to see Ypres and get a little exercise – some 2.5 km of it – is to take the Vestings route walk that follows the old ramparts. They are ideal walking territory and you will find lots of information displays that tell you about the ramparts and the wildlife in the nearby river.

When's market day?
On Saturdays. During the summer months the market moves to the bigger site at the Esplanade, nearby the railway station.

Interesting town fact
Ypres was reduced to rubble during the First World War and has been entirely rebuilt in the original Flemish brick style. The countryside around Ypres is featured in the famous poem

"In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae

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