Bourlon Wood Memorial

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The Bourlon Wood Memorial, near Bourlon, France, is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during the final months of the First World War; a period also known as Canada's Hundred Days, part of the Hundred Days Offensive. ()

Coordinates: 50°10'25"N, 3°7'8"E

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Hauts-de-FranceFrance

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Bourlon Wood Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cambrai Cathedral, Dury Memorial, Canal de Saint-Quentin, Quéant Road Cemetery.

5.1 miE
Church, Baroque architecture
Cambrai Cathedral, Cambrai
129 min walk • Cambrai Cathedral is a Catholic church located in Cambrai, Nord, France, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Cambrai. The cathedral was registered as a monument historique on 9 August 1906.
6.8 miNW
Memorial
Dury Memorial
174 min walk • The Dury Memorial is a World War I Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the Second Battle of Arras, particularly their breakthrough at the Drocourt–Quéant Line switch of the Hindenburg Line just south of the town of Dury, Pas-de-Calais, France.
4.6 miE
Canal
Canal de Saint-Quentin, Cambrai
117 min walk • The Canal de Saint-Quentin is a canal in northern France connecting the canalised river Escaut in Cambrai to the Canal latéral à l'Oise and Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne in Chauny.
4.8 miW
Cemetery
Quéant Road Cemetery
124 min walk • Quéant Road Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located between the villages of Buissy and Quéant in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. Situated on the north side of the D14 road, about 3 kilometres from Buissy, it contains 2,377 burials and commemorations of Commonwealth soldiers who died in the era of 1917 and 1918.
4.9 miE
Church, Gothic architecture
Old Cambrai Cathedral, Cambrai
125 min walk • Old Cambrai Cathedral was the Gothic cathedral of the diocese of Cambrai in France, sited on what is now Place Fénelon in Cambrai but now entirely lost.
5.4 miSE
Memorial
Masnières Newfoundland Memorial
137 min walk • The Masnières Newfoundland Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the First Battle of Cambrai, of World War I.
5 miSE
Cemetery
Masnieres British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
127 min walk • Masnieres British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial site for British Empire troops killed during the First World War Battle of Cambrai between September–October 1918.
5.2 miSW
Memorial
Cambrai Memorial to the Missing
134 min walk • The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.
4.9 miE
50°10'24"N • 3°13'47"E
Musée Municipal des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai
125 min walk • Museum
5 miE
Church
Église Saint-Géry, Cambrai
127 min walk • The Saint-Géry church is a church built from 1648 to 1745, located in the city of Cambrai in the Nord department.
5 miE
Forts and castles
Château de Selles, Cambrai
127 min walk • The castle of Selles is an ancient castle of the eleventh century located in Cambrai in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region.