Gravensluis

Gravensluis is a lock in , . Gravensluis is situated nearby to the museum , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include King Albert I Monument and Ganzepoot.

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The King Albert I Memorial, also named the , is a at the coastal city of . It is located right outside the old town, on the right bank of the at the lock complex . is situated 100 metres west of Gravensluis.

River
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a series of locks and spillways in the inner port of which connect one river, three water channels and two canals with the mouth of the River and the maritime port.

Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The British is a First World War , located in the port city of , which is at the mouth of the River Yser. The memorial lists 547 names of British officers and men with no known grave who were killed in the Siege of Antwerp in 1914 or in the defence of this part of the Western Front from June to November 1917. is situated 170 metres northwest of Gravensluis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nieuwpoort and Lombardsijde.

Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
is a beach resort and medieval port on the Belgian sea coast in . consists out of two centres: the old medieval centre, with small houses and cobblestone streets, and the coastal centre, comparable to the neighbouring coastal cities: a sandy beach and lots of apartments.

Suburb
, also Lombartzyde, is a district in the Belgian municipality of in province, in northwestern near . Fighting occurred in and around during World War I.

Suburb
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is a town in , one of the three regions of , and in the province of . It lies on the Belgian coast, also called the Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast. is situated 2½ km north of Gravensluis.

Gravensluis

Latitude
51.13584° or 51° 8′ 9″ north
Longitude
2.75718° or 2° 45′ 26″ east
Open location code
9F344QP4+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 447960655
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lock
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