{"id":39660,"date":"2022-09-13T15:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/zien-en-doen\/wheelchair-accessible-walking-route-polygon-wood\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:06:40","slug":"wheelchair-accessible-walking-route-polygon-wood","status":"publish","type":"zien-en-doen","link":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/wheelchair-accessible-walking-route-polygon-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheelchair-accessible walking route: Polygon Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The walk towards Polygon Wood crosses the new park area created in 2014 after which heritage and cemeteries in and around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/polygoonbos-polygon-wood\/\">Polygon Wood<\/a> are visited. Along the walk are several information carriers telling you the history of Zonnebeke. Both WWI and non-WWWI. <strong>The wheelchair-accessible Polygon Wood walk is 4.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Polygonwood-beperking-update-2026.pdf\">walking map<\/a> here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Accessible paths and sanitary facilities<\/h2>\n<p>The walking loop starts and ends at the Castle Building is on accessible paths. The type of <strong>surface is indicated on the plan<\/strong> and is mainly paved. The semi-paved sections are of such quality with fine crushed stone to make it doable for wheelchair users.<\/p>\n<p>There are accessible toilets in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/castle-domain-zonnebeke\/\">the Castle Building<\/a> (free) and the Castle Estate (free) at the start and at the end of the walk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We recommend a companion.<\/strong> Although there are no obstacles and few thresholds larger than 2 cm along the route, some sections have a gradient greater than 5%.<\/p>\n<h3>Practical information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Start<\/strong>: Castle building Zonnebeke<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distance<\/strong>: 4.5 km<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food<\/strong>: You can get something to eat and drink at the Zonnebeke ReCa in the centre of Zonnebeke.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parking<\/strong>: <strong>Accessible parking spaces<\/strong> have been set up in car park 2 of the Castle Estate located at Berten Pilstraat 5C, 8980 Zonnebeke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Info panels<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/passchendaele-memorial-gardens\/\">Passchendaele Memorial Gardens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/brick-factory\/\">Brickyard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/landscape-and-war\/\">Landscape and War<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/passchendaele-mud\/\">Passchendaele mud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/polygoonbos-polygon-wood\/\">Polygon Wood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/polygon-wood-cemetery\/\">Polygon Wood Cemetery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/new-zealand-bunkers\/\">New Zealand Bunkers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/scott-post\/\">Scott Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/buttes-new-british-cemetery\/\">Buttes New British Cemetery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/polderhoek-chateau-vanished-castle\/\">Polderhoek Chateau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/reutelbos\/\">Reutelbos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/new-zealand-frontline\/\">New Zealand Frontline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/pipark-in-the-star\/\">Pipark &#8216;In The Star<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/zien-en-doen\/broodseinde-ridge\/\">Broodseinde Ridge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Practical information:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Can be guided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","locatie":[199],"zien_doen_gezelschap":[],"zien_doen_categorie":[202],"zien_doen_type":[212],"zien_doen_faciliteiten":[240,207,241],"zien_doen_kids":[],"class_list":["post-39660","zien-en-doen","type-zien-en-doen","status-publish","hentry","locatie-zonnebeke-en","zien_doen_categorie-walking","zien_doen_type-wwi","zien_doen_faciliteiten-drink-facility","zien_doen_faciliteiten-handicapped-accessible","zien_doen_faciliteiten-toilet-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien-en-doen\/39660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien-en-doen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zien-en-doen"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"locatie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locatie?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"zien_doen_gezelschap","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien_doen_gezelschap?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"zien_doen_categorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien_doen_categorie?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"zien_doen_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien_doen_type?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"zien_doen_faciliteiten","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien_doen_faciliteiten?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"zien_doen_kids","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toerismezonnebeke.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zien_doen_kids?post=39660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}