Cycle route The Battle of Overloon
Overloon, Maashees, Venray
It is the end of September 1944. British allies advance ever further eastwards to drive out the German occupier. An important and at the time only passageway to the border is the traffic road to Venray. The Germans evacuate the town of Overloon at the drop of a hat and entrench themselves here to stop the Allies. What follows are bloody days with attack on counterattack between the Germans and the British and American Allies. After heavy losses on the Allied side and a completely destroyed Overloon, the Germans retreat from what was once a village on 12 October 1944. The Battle of Overloon goes down in history as a tank battle, but later it turns out that the present tanks were mostly knocked out by anti-tank weapons before a tank battle could take place. Experience this impressive history during your cycle route and pause to reflect on our freedom. Also stop for a moment at the Bloedbeek, where hundreds of Britons lost their lives on the way from Overloon to Venray on 16 October 1944. Discover many more traces of WWII in the War Museum in Overloon. Here you can even cycle over a bicycle bridge through the museum and get a glimpse of the impressive exhibition.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Hattertweg , 5821 ED Land van Cuijk | 30.4 KM | |
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54
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55
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1374 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head northeast on Hattertweg | 304 M | ||
| Turn right | 19 M | ||
| Turn right | 257 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Spoorstraat | 396 M | ||
| Turn right onto Spoorstraat | 355 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 14 M | ||
| Turn left onto Grotestraat | 29 M | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
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55
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40
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968 M | 1 KM | |
| Head south on Grotestraat | 262 M | ||
| Turn left onto Laurentiusstraat | 706 M | ||
| You are now at section 40 | 0 M | ||
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From
40
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57
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1387 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southeast | 981 M | ||
| Turn left | 406 M | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
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46
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2697 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Hogeweg | 1.7 KM | ||
| Turn right onto de Goeijstraat | 290 M | ||
| Turn left onto Monseigneur Geurtsstraat | 651 M | ||
| Turn left onto Raaijveldweg | 26 M | ||
| You are now at section 46 | 0 M | ||
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From
46
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65
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2229 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Op den Berg | 26 M | ||
| Turn left onto Monseigneur Geurtsstraat | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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From
65
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63
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2822 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head southwest on Maasheseweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Spurkterdijk | 34 M | ||
| Turn right onto Spurkterdijk | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn left to stay on Spurkterdijk | 280 M | ||
| You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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From
63
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64
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936 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head south on Spurkterdijk | 936 M | ||
| You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
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From
64
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23
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1402 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head west on Stationsweg | 79 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Stationsweg | 351 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Stationsweg | 51 M | ||
| Turn left | 18 M | ||
| Turn left onto Stationsweg | 13 M | ||
| Turn left | 22 M | ||
| Turn left onto Stationsweg | 38 M | ||
| Turn right | 9 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Wilhelmina Druckerstraat | 6 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Sint Antoniusveldweg | 106 M | ||
| Turn right onto Mina Krusemanstraat | 317 M | ||
| Turn left onto Sint Servatiusweg | 104 M | ||
| Continue straight | 193 M | ||
| Continue onto Sint Servatiusweg | 95 M | ||
| You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
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23
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17
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1773 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head west on Sint Servatiusweg | 157 M | ||
| Turn right onto D'n Herk | 40 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on D'n Herk | 389 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on D'n Herk | 387 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on D'n Herk | 61 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oostsingel | 191 M | ||
| Turn right | 5 M | ||
| Turn left | 33 M | ||
| Turn left | 37 M | ||
| Turn right onto Stationsweg | 429 M | ||
| Turn left onto Raadhuisstraat | 44 M | ||
| You are now at section 17 | 0 M | ||
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From
17
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20
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814 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head south on Raadhuisstraat | 42 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hofstraat | 203 M | ||
| Turn right onto Eindstraat | 82 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bontekoestraat | 91 M | ||
| Continue onto Hoenderstraat | 70 M | ||
| Turn left onto Deken Thielenstraat | 199 M | ||
| Turn left onto Merseloseweg | 71 M | ||
| Turn right onto Merseloseweg | 56 M | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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From
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25
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2443 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kempweg | 342 M | ||
| Turn left onto Helfrichstraat | 182 M | ||
| Turn right onto Molenpad | 172 M | ||
| Turn right onto Westsingel | 159 M | ||
| Continue straight | 45 M | ||
| Continue onto Westsingel | 149 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Westsingel | 33 M | ||
| Turn right onto Parkweg | 201 M | ||
| Turn right | 187 M | ||
| Turn left | 11 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 102 M | ||
| Turn left | 17 M | ||
| Turn left onto Merseloseweg | 550 M | ||
| Turn right onto Biezenvenneke | 131 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Biezenvenneke | 151 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hoenderstraat | 11 M | ||
| You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
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From
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26
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1850 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Hiept | 467 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 234 M | ||
| Turn right onto Beekweg | 24 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 39 M | ||
| Turn left | 40 M | ||
| Turn right | 37 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Tureluur | 626 M | ||
| Continue onto Buitenweg | 369 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zwarteklef | 14 M | ||
| You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
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From
26
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27
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1105 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head northeast on Overloonseweg | 368 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Overloonseweg | 122 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Overloonseweg | 615 M | ||
| You are now at section 27 | 0 M | ||
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From
27
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29
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1825 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head northwest on Overloonseweg | 1.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
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28
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855 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Venrayseweg | 855 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
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From
28
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49
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385 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head north on Venrayseweg | 385 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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From
49
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45
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244 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head northeast on Vierlingsbeekseweg | 244 M | ||
| You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
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From
45
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44
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937 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Generaal Whistlerlaan | 100 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pastoor van Boxtellaan | 195 M | ||
| Turn right onto Theobaldusweg | 38 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kuluutsheuvel | 140 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Heikantweg | 464 M | ||
| You are now at section 44 | 0 M | ||
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From
44
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54
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4338 M | 4.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Heikant | 551 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rondweg | 249 M | ||
| Turn left onto Maarsven | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Overloonseweg | 577 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Overloonseweg | 1.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 54 | 0 M |