beach hardening mats from D-Day, Lepe beach

Lepe and D-day audio tour

The area around Lepe Country Park was the site for the construction of some of the Mulberry harbours used by the allies during the Second World War. It was also the site of troop and supply embarkation for the liberation of Europe and defeat of the Nazis. Includes memories form the men who were there at that momentous time.

Download the full tour here (31 MB Length 27 minutes)
(You will need to unzip the audio files before transferring them to your media player)

pdf Full tour transcript (40 KB)

pdf Map of the tour (504 KB)

Before going out and taking the tour please read this information.



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1. Start outside Visitor Centre



2. Lepe Beach



3. Lepe House slip



4. Top of slope



5. Memorial



6. Lepe beach 2



7. Access track



8. Interpretation panel



9. Water tower



10. Site of Caisson construction



11. Finish

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