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France
Manche
Cherbourg
Blosville

Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Blosville

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Manche
Cherbourg
Blosville

Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Blosville

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Blosville

01:36

26.9km

180m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 11, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

Waypoints

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3.29 km

The Stone

Highlight • Monument

Historic monolith, resembling those erected during the Celtic period of the region, before the 8th century BC. This appears to be a replacement, marked in the 20th century.

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2

3.70 km

St Gilles

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Legend has it that Gilles (or Aegidius) was born in Greece (or at least into a Greek family) and came to be trained in the spiritual school of the famous …

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3

3.82 km

Houesville — km 8 Liberty Road 🇫🇷

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Quiet village along the route of the 1944 liberation forces. Its Church of Saint-Gilles, with its choir, dates from the sixteenth century.
wikimanche.fr/Houesville
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houesville

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4

6.89 km

Dead Man's Corner Museum

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House having served as a command post during D-Day to the Germans in a first step, then to the Americans during the confrontation between the 2 formations of parachutists. Today it is a museum retracing this fight.

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5

8.00 km

Marais de Pommenauque

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Great trail with bird watching

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6

21.0 km

Sainte-Mère-l'Église

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The original church dating from the 11th to 13th centuries was largely destroyed during WWII when it was bombed to repel German snipers who had entrenched themselves in the steeple. …

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7

21.1 km

Airborne Museum

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Museums on the US airborne impact on the D-Day liberation invasion of 1944

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8

21.1 km

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

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During the night of June 5, 1944. A fire raged in this village. Everyone helps put out the fire. The light of the fire was then interpreted by an American …

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26.9 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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25.9 km

680 m

215 m

156 m

Surfaces

23.7 km

2.61 km

334 m

195 m

< 100 m

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Friday 29 May

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