The Redan Ridge is an area of high ground which runs for a short mile from the German Heidenkopf redoubt to the infamous village of Beaumont-Hamel. Heavily fortified, the British attack of July 1st was utterly repelled here, and by the evening fierce German artillery fire had even driven the surviving troops back from their front line trenches, the only sector in the first day of the Somme to have witnessed an effective withdrawal rather than a gain. There are three Commonwealth burial grounds here, battlefield cemeteries similar in nature to those found in nearby Serre. Redan Ridge No.3, which lies upon the German front line, contains the remains of some 50 men, of whom half are unidentified, together with memorials to a further 13 whose original graves were subsequently lost. Most were killed in the November 13th assault.

The distinctive rounded shapes of the lime trees around the Serre Road Cemetery No.2 and the tall poplars around Serre Road No.1 can be seen on the skyline.