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You may want to think about being west of Caen for WW11 history. This will be more central than say Le Harve.

Three sites come to mind and are Municipals. One is in Bayeaux and the other in Arromanches. The first one is on the edge of Bayeux town centre. The second one is right in town and close to museums.  There is also a municipal at Sainte Mere Eglise a bit further west and near to Utah beach. Anywhere between the three and you wont have to far to travel. Municiplas will work out a lot cheaper than commercial sites.

harryb

thanks for the help ,would i have to book these or could i turn up on the day, the reason looking at le harve area was having to ride down from scotish borders to channel tunnel then long ride from calais down to Le harve area i think my backside will be feeling sore by then.reason for tunnel you have more leeway on times than ferry .

Quote: Originally posted by GSXR600 on 14/1/2011

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Heading over to france in august with family and camper , but manged to get a few days of end of may and  i want to head over to france on motorbike and tour world war 2 sites i am looking for a cheap no frills campsite around le harve or caen area as a base any ideas Thanks

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Arromanches is 80 miles approx from the ferry port at Le Havre by the most direct route and about 85 if you go through Bayeux. The road is a fast road if you go through Bayeux but a bit slow if you take the cross country turning off at Caen.

If you have a free standing tent, like THIS  or THAT I have over-nighted (discretely) at Bénouville -  Pegasus Bridge and then onto Arromanches the next day. I have also over-nighted in the field at the back of the car park at Utah Beach I will add "no facilities " but if you are used to motorbike camping you should be able to sort out your own personal admin

This will start you pretty well at the most eastern end of the invasion beaches.

BTW - try and avoid the Café at Pegasus Brdige as it will cost you a fortune for just a cup of coffee

BTW - try and avoid the Café at Pegasus Brdige as it will cost you a fortune for just a cup of coffee

Or tell them your an ex Green Jacket and get it for free.

Andy