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Sainte-Anne Viaduct – Pegasus Bridge loop from Grimbosq

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Sainte-Anne Viaduct – Pegasus Bridge loop from Grimbosq

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Sainte-Anne Viaduct – Pegasus Bridge loop from Grimbosq

06:48

93.6km

570m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 32.4 km for 134 m

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1.38 km

Sainte-Anne Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

The greenway contains nice spots along the Orne river where you can sit (benches provided) and rest for a while.

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1.82 km

Viewpoint

9.81 km

Next to the bikeway "Voie verte" are the remains of the ancient mine of May sur Orne.
The extraction was done on the right bank of the Orne river whereas, the shipment by rail took place on the left bank. The emaciated silhouettes of the crusher-accumulators that overlooked the railway tracks are still standing. So is the mining bridge and a storage silo.
This site reminds that in the history Normandy, was once one of the main steel regions in France.

More info: baguenaudes.net/mine-de-may-sur-orne

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16.1 km

On the Banks of the Orne

Highlight • River

27.6 km

Bois de Colombelles

Forest

32.5 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. A small part of France was liberated. Major Howard had won the Battle of Pegasus and those in need had a field for gliders to land on, a movable steel bridge, a house on the water's edge, and... the Gondrée family, who at 11 a.m. saw Lord Lovat (1911- 1995) and his 'Green Berets' arrive, to the sound of a bagpipe. Now café-museum Gondrée is a meeting point for veterans and tourists. (Michelin)

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38.5 km

Sallenelles

Highlight • Settlement

The town takes its name from the Saunerie, an activity that long dominated the local economy with shipbuilding.
The bay and the city was also a strategic area where fighting took place during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. A monument has been erected in memory of the Piron Brigade, which took part in the liberation of the city.

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40.0 km