Pegasus Bridge – Cabourg Beach loop from Houlgate

Pegasus Bridge – Cabourg Beach loop from Houlgate

Moderate

5.0

(3)

155

riders

Pegasus Bridge – Cabourg Beach loop from Houlgate

03:40

93.1km

240m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 5, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 18.4 km for 118 m

After 74.2 km for 118 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

234 m

Houlgate

Highlight • Other

Houlgate is a French municipality with 1,834 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2023) in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. It belongs to the arrondissement of Lisieux and the canton of Cabourg. The inhabitants are called Houlgatais.

Showing Translation

Tip by

13.3 km

Naturschutzgebiet zwischen Strand und Binnenland

Highlight • Other

18.4 km

Pegasus Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

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. …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

21.8 km

Cycle Path from Pointe du Siège Ferry Port

Highlight • Cycleway

It's always nice to meet cyclists who ride the

Translated by Google •

Tip by

25.1 km

Kieffer Commando Memorial (La Flamme), Ouistreham

Highlight • Monument

Kieffer Commando's Monument:
In a beautiful park on the coast is this monument of the No. 4 Commandos of Lt. Kieffer, who came ashore in the early morning of June …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

36.3 km

World War 2 remnants and memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Vestige of anti-tank artillery from the 2nd World War, like so many that mark this coast...

Translated by Google •

Tip by

42.0 km

Avant-Port

Lake

46.7 km

Beach

51.3 km

Bassin Joinville

Lake

63.1 km

Liberty Monument and Churchill Tank

Highlight • Monument

This Churchill tank belonged to the British 79th Armored Division. This unit was commanded by Major-General Sir Percy C. S. Hobart who was the initiator, among others, of this special …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

87.0 km

Cabourg Beach

Highlight • Beach

Beginning of the long urban beach of fine sand with Promenade

Translated by Google •

Tip by

93.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.3 km

38.1 km

4.74 km

561 m

484 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

88.6 km

3.99 km

356 m

163 m

129 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Wednesday 4 November

12°C

5°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

June 11, 2025,Deauville to Arromanches

This was Day 3 of our 6-day ride along La Velomaritime from Dieppe to Cherbourg. From Tourgeville, the route follows mainly quiet, tarmacked roads round Mont Canisy and the gun battery built to defend the mouth of the Seine in the second world war, through Villers-sur-Mer to Houlgate. From Houlgate to Caborg the route is on a cycle path, tarmacked …