Pegasus Bridge – Cabourg Beach loop from Hérouville-Saint-Clair

Hérouville-Saint-Clair

Pegasus Bridge – Cabourg Beach loop from Hérouville-Saint-Clair

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Pegasus Bridge – Cabourg Beach loop from Hérouville-Saint-Clair

02:34

61.5km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 8.50 km for 118 m

After 52.7 km for 118 m

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3.84 km

Caen-to-the-Sea Canal at Blainville-sur-Orne

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The Caen Sea Canal connects the English Channel to the Saint-Pierre basin in Caen. 14km long with two locks, the basin is bordered by a very pleasant paved cycle path.

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8.06 km

Château de Bénouville — open to visitors

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A huge building with a large park.
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Bénouville Castle, built in the neoclassical style, is set in a beautiful park and was …

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8.55 km

Pegasus Bridge

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Just after midnight on the night of June 5-6, the two bridges of Ranville-Bénouville were captured by the British 5th Parachute Brigade after a short battle. Pegasus was their emblem. …

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13.7 km

Naturschutzgebiet zwischen Strand und Binnenland

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21.4 km

Cabourg Beach

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Beginning of the long urban beach of fine sand with Promenade

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23.4 km

Grand Hotel Cabourg

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This hotel was built in 1861, but renovated in 1907 to its current state. The same year, Marcel Proust stayed there. When he was ten years old (in 1881), he …

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35.2 km