Death Valley De Peel cycling route in Someren

In 2019/2020, the Brabant Remembers activity program commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Brabant, in which De Peel has strongly profiled itself through a wide range of activities via the Death Valley De Peel project. 

The name Death Valley De Peel was first used by Joseph van der Heijden, resistance member and pilot helper from Someren-Eind. He spoke of the Peel Valley or the Valley of the Dead in his War Memories written in 1981. The second to refer to it was British war writer Patrick Delaforce. He called the Peel the valley of death in his book The Black Bull (2010), about the military operations of the 11th British Armored Division (the liberators of the Peel). 

One of the projects was the realization of thematic cycling routes in the Peel villages along all kinds of events from the Second World War.

Death Valley The Peel cycle route in Someren has a length of 40 km. Starting point at junction 80. (from Asten KNP 81 dir. 65 and then dir. 80) This cycle route runs as much as possible via junctions 40, 91, 20, 95, 96, 97, 98, 31, 33, 86, 66, 68, 67, 85, 84 and 80. Follow the additional directions to reach all memorials along the way. KNP=node, LA=left, RA=right. For the complete route description, click on "Description". The free brochure of this Death Valley De Peel cycle route with a map and description of all objects is available at the Tourist Information Point, De Meer 21a Someren, or click the button below; "View route in PDF"