What to do · Ypres (Ieper)
Tyne Cot Cemetery, at Passchendaele
Information
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 1 h
- Season
- All year; the cemetery is open from dawn to dusk and the visitor centre from 9:00 to 18:00
- Who it's for
- All ages, with respect
Tyne Cot is the largest Commonwealth military cemetery on the European continent: almost 12,000 graves on a hillside at Passendale, in the municipality of Zonnebeke, where the Battle of Passchendaele was fought in 1917. On the back wall, the memorial to the missing carries another 35,000 names of British and Irish soldiers who fell after 16 August 1917, who did not fit on the Menin Gate, and a separate memorial remembers the New Zealanders of October 1917.
The visit
It is free. The cemetery is open from dawn to dusk and the visitor centre from 9:00 to 18:00; there are guided tours. Allow an hour. It is on the Vijfwegestraat in Zonnebeke, about 11 km from Ypres; without a car you can get there on a guided tour or by bike.
Frequently asked questions
How many graves are there at Tyne Cot?
Almost 12,000, and 35,000 more names on the memorial to the missing.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Entry is free.
How do you get there without a car?
On a guided tour from Ypres or by bike; it is about 11 km away.
As a familyWith teenagers
