Battle of the Yser
Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Maps and tips for visiting Vimy Ridge, Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Location: Vimy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Latitude: 50.37957 (50° 22' 46.4" N)
Longitude: 2.773849 (2° 46' 25.8" E)
The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted.
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- Driving
- Driving directions from ViaMichelin.com
- Flying
- Information: Nona.net
- Airports close to Vimy:
The closest airport is
LIL - Lille Lesquin, located 29.1 km north east of Vimy - More nearby airports include:
QKT - Kortrijk-vevelgem Wevelgem 57.2 km north east
LTQ - Le Tourquet Le Touquet Paris Plage 86.6 km west
CQF - Calais Dunkerque 90.0 km north west
OST - Oostende 92.6 km north
- Current weather in Vimy
- Google.com
- weatherbonk.com
- accuweather.com
- Sightseeing - Sunrise and Sunset times
- Want to take photographs around this area? Find the sunrise and sunset times for the day you will be visiting:
- geody.com
- sun.exnatura.org
- Trip Advisor
- Read reviews by TripAdvisor™ travelers of this location.
- Tips by travellers
- Search Flickr
- for images of 'Vimy'
- panoramio.com
- Vimy
- Wikimapia
- where you can edit information and add comments
- Vimy
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
- Cemetery info
- CWGC Cemetery map
- More links
- Canadian War Museum
- ww1cemeteries.com
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© 2008 Department of Veterans' Affairs and Board of Studies NSW :: Last update - November 2008