Adinkerke Military Cemetery

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Adinkerke Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the Western Front of the First and Second World War. It is located near Adinkerke in the municipality of De Panne in western Belgium, close to the French border. The cemetery is surrounded by farmland and can only be reached via a 50-metre grassed path which is not suitable for vehicles. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1917 (107 years ago)Coordinates: 51°4'15"N, 2°36'9"E

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VlaanderenBelgium

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Adinkerke Military Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Plopsaland De Panne, Arizona, Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen, Kasteel Beauvoorde.

0.7 miN
Amusement park
Plopsaland De Panne, De Panne
19 min walk • Plopsaland De Panne is a theme park located in Adinkerke, Belgium - part of the municipality De Panne - owned and operated by Plopsa. The park reopened on the 20th of April 2000, before that the park was known as Meli Park from 1935 until 1999.
2.3 miN
51°6'4"N • 2°35'1"E
Arizona, De Panne
58 min walk • Amusement, Amusement park, Gear rental
2.9 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen, Koksijde
75 min walk • Ten Duinen Abbey or the Abbey of the Dunes was a Cistercian monastery at Koksijde in what is now Belgium. It was one of the richest and most influential religious institutions in the medieval County of Flanders. It later relocated to the city of Bruges.
4.4 miSE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Kasteel Beauvoorde, Veurne
113 min walk • Beauvoorde Castle is a castle in Wulveringem, which since 1977 has been part of the municipality of Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium. The first identified owner of the castle, in 1408, was Jan de Valuwe. In 1584, during the early part of the Eighty Years' War, the castle was burned down by bandits.
2.7 miE
51°4'20"N • 2°39'49"E
Sint-Niklaaskerk, Veurne
68 min walk • Church
2.6 miE
Church
Sint Walburgakerk, Veurne
66 min walk • The church of Saint Walburga is a catholic religious building in Veurne, West Flanders. Third building on the same site, the current church, in Gothic style, was built several centuries ago and keeps an unfinished aspect.
0.8 miE
Canal
Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal
21 min walk • The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal is a canal which links the Belgian coastal town of Nieuwpoort with the French port Dunkirk. The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal forms an extension of the Plassendale–Nieuwpoort Canal, and runs for 32 kilometres pretty much parallel to the coast line, within two to four kilometers from the sea.
5.8 miSE
50°59'35"N • 2°39'13"E
Openluchtmuseum "Bachten de Kupe", Alveringem
149 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
2.1 miE
Canal
Canal de la Basse Colme, Veurne
54 min walk • The Canal de la Basse Colme is a canal in northern France from Bergues to Hondschoote on the Belgian border. It is the eastern segment of the Canal de la Colme. In Belgium, it continues as the Canal de Bergues. Today, this channel is downgraded.
0.8 miN
51°4'56"N • 2°36'2"E
Plopsa Theater, De Panne
20 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theme park, Music venue
2.2 miNW
51°5'59"N • 2°34'48"E
Leopold I Esplanade, De Panne
57 min walk • Memorial