Batteries des Longues – Longues-sur-Mer Battery loop from Bayeux

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France

Normandy

Batteries des Longues – Longues-sur-Mer Battery loop from Bayeux

Hard

3.0

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Batteries des Longues – Longues-sur-Mer Battery loop from Bayeux

02:59

44.7km

300m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 14, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

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After 44.5 km for 286 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.20 km

Notre-Dame Cathedral

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Bayeux Cathedral was consecrated in 1077 by Bishop Odon de Conteville in the presence of his brother, William the Conqueror. It was to decorate the nave of the cathedral that …

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17.6 km

View of Port-en-Bessin

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Beautiful view of the beach

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19.6 km

Batteries des Longues

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A once formidable German coastal battery. Despite the 600 tons of bombs dropped by 124 RAF aircraft on the night of 5/6 June, the four guns were still intact the …

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19.7 km

Longues-sur-Mer Battery

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An impressive, very well preserved part of the North Atlantic Wall. Quite lonely during the week in March and therefore even more impressive and almost spooky if you are there all alone

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20.3 km

Viewpoint

20.4 km

Singletrack along the rugged coastline

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Single track? Yes, mountain bike path? Not really. Parts impassable. More of a hiking trail than a mountain bike trail.

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25.0 km

View of Arromanches-les-Bains

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Magnificent path with superb views over the Channel and the village of Arromanches.

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25.5 km

Arromanches-les-Bains D-Day Landing Site

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26.0 km

Beach

26.4 km

Arromanches-les-Bains

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The bay overlooking the village of Arromanches was chosen by the allies for the construction of the Mulberry port. Few places in Normandy allow you to see the scars of …

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