Batterie Allemande de Longues-Sure-Mer, Longues-sur-Mer

This spot is worth a quick stop on a tour of D-Day sites along the Normandy coast. There’s no information or facilities here - you just park and can explore the battery on your own. Three of the 4 guns are mostly intact and you can walk through the bunkers. This is the only place you can see German artillery still in place, so it’s a good way to get a sense of what the German defenses were like.

An easily accessible battery with artillery gun positions, command point at the top of the cliffs and lots of associated defensive positions, ammunition storage etc. To be clear, for the time being these are just features in the landscape that you can explore for yourself - this isn't a guided tour, or health and safety approved historic monuments. For some of them you might appreciate bringing a torch. That may change though as it looks like they are building a big car park and possibly visitor centre.