Heavy Machine-Gun Turret Bunker, Val de la Mare, St.Ouen.

The following Bunker Site is open to the public at various times. Please see the Opening Times page for details.

Situated almost opposite the Sunset Flower Centre; look for the signs and the German railway bridge which crosses the road at this point. With steel cupolas up to 10 inches in thickness, these sechsschartentürme (literally “six-shooting turret”) bunkers once proliferated along the Atlantic Wall. Now, thanks to the activities of the scrapmen, this is one of the few surviving examples. The interested visitor may access the interior of the cupola, equipped with a deactivated MG34 machine-gun, and peer through the optics to see a landscape that has changed little since it was viewed as a potential invasion point by the German garrison.

Bus Route and Facilities: No toilets; free car park directly outside; not on a bus route.