Black Watch Corner
Black Watch Corner is a memorial in West Flanders, Flanders. Black Watch Corner is situated nearby to Brothers In Arms Memorial Park, as well as near the spring Hanebeek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buttes New British Cemetery and Polygon Wood Cemetery.
Buttes New British Cemetery
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front. Buttes New British Cemetery is situated 1 km northeast of Black Watch Corner.
Polygon Wood Cemetery
Cemetery
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Polygon Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War. It is located in Belgium, in what was the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. Polygon Wood Cemetery is situated 1¼ km northeast of Black Watch Corner.
Huracan
Roller coaster
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Huracan is a roller coaster, which is situated 1½ km west of Black Watch Corner.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zonnebeke and Beselare.
Zonnebeke
Town
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Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare, Gheluvelt, Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper. Zonnebeke is situated 3 km north of Black Watch Corner.
Beselare
Village
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Beselare is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Black Watch Corner.
Zandvoorde
Village
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Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province. Zandvoorde is situated 4 km south of Black Watch Corner.
Black Watch Corner
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Near this spot 11th November 1914 the 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) as part of 1st (Guards) Bridage halted the Prussian Guard. First battle of Ypres”
- Category: historic site
- Location: West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.84839° or 50° 50′ 54″ northLongitude
2.98208° or 2° 58′ 56″ eastOpen location code
9F24RXXJ+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 3320720422OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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