Réserve Naturel Ornithologique de Ploegsteert

Réserve Naturel Ornithologique de Ploegsteert is a nature reserve in Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Wallonia. Réserve Naturel Ornithologique de Ploegsteert is situated nearby to the hamlet Au Bon Coin/De Goed Hoek, as well as near Le Touquet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ploegsteert Wood and Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing.

Ploegsteert Wood

Forest

Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient. It is located around the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, Wallonia.

Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

Garden

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial in Belgium for missing soldiers of World War I. It commemorates men from the Allied Powers who fought on the northern Western Front outside the Ypres Salient and whose graves are unknown.

Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul

Church

Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Armentières and Ploegsteert.

Armentières

Town

Photo: Millevylle.steven, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Armentières is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. The motto of the town is Pauvre mais fière.