Longues-sur-Mer battery

This review encompasses the various 5 installations at this wonderful site. Free admission as coastal entrance, the defence pods and guns are awesome and a testament to the strength of German engineering. A truly wonderful walk around, we also walked to Cap Manvieux along the headland and could see the remnants of the floating mulberry harbour at Arromanches-les-Bains. Easy parking, toilets and space visitor centre, dog friendly 🙂

Well worth the visit. The battery is very impressive and well maintained. If you are doing a Normandy visit and want to go to old WW2 sites this is one to not forget!

We visited on a very windy day and got to experience typical northern European weather just like the gun crews would have done back in the 40's. Great place to visit as its free to look and go around the main attractions.

Very interesting place if person is interested in a WW2 history. There are several bunkers with cannons that can shoot 20 km up in the sea. One of the bunkers is preserved as how it was blown. There were whole round path visiting several different kind of bunkers but it was so windy and cold even in August that we couldn't visit all of them. There is no tickets, no queues, so just go and see some WW2 history to remember the great horrors.

Very interesting. 4 gun placements with 3 guns still intact. Great all round views, perfect position, but quite windy today so it was cold. Information centre was closed between 1 and 2 but the toilets were open.

Absolutely loved exploring this place. The site is very well preserved in a sympathetic way, but having the original guns in place is a really eye opening thing to see. Being able to explore the wider complex was also great, although the observation bunker was closed when we were there which was a shame.

Normandy’s preserved WWII coastal gun emplacements. Situated between Omaha and Gold beaches. This site retains its original German naval guns inside fortified concrete casemates.

A little off the beaten path but worth the trip. Not fancy but the remains of the battery are a nice walk and the plaques around the site make for a decent self-guided tour. Also a good view of the remnants of the artificial harbour at Arromanches just past the cliffs.

Pretty cool place to spend 30 minutes. Not much to see but it was interesting. Chills down your spine when you see the destroyed units next to those left intact.