Cherbourg Naval Base, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Name: Cherbourg Naval Base
Address: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France

#12 among attractions in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

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Cherbourg Naval Base is a naval base in Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg, Manche department, Normandy. The town has been a base of the French Navy since the opening of the military port in 1813. ()

Local name: Port militaire de Cherbourg Coordinates: 49°39'9"N, 1°38'3"W

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Cherbourg-en-Cotentin France

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Cherbourg Naval Base – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cité de la Mer, Musée Thomas-Henry, Le Trident, Cherbourg Harbour.

0.9 miSE
Museum, Theme park, Aquarium
Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
23 min walk • The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
1.2 miSE
Museum, Art museum
Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
30 min walk • The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry is a museum at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with around 300 artworks, mainly paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries. It has been rated as the third most important collection in Normandy.
1.1 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Le Trident, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
29 min walk • Le Trident is a group of three theatres in the city of Cherbourg-Octeville, within the Manche department of Normandy, in northern France. The theatres were made a 'scène nationale' on 14 October 2002, after the merger of the Théâtre de Cherbourg-Scène Nationale and the Théâtre de la Butte-CCPO.
0.9 miNE
Harbor
Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
24 min walk • Cherbourg Harbour, is a harbour situated at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula, on the English Channel coastline, in Normandy, northwestern France. With a surface area of 1,500 hectares, it is the second largest artificial harbour in the world, after the 4,500 hectare Ras Laffan Harbour in Qatar.
1 miW
Area
Équeurdreville-Hainneville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
25 min walk • Équeurdreville-Hainneville is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Its population was 16,313 in 2019.
0.8 miE
Museum
Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
21 min walk • Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.
0.9 miSE
Church
Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
23 min walk • The Basilica Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg is a Gothic basilica that stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the region of Normandy.
1 miSE
Memorial
monument à Armand de Briqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
26 min walk • Armand François Bon Claude, comte de Bricqueville, born at the family castle in Bretteville on January 23, 1785, died on March 19, 1844 in Paris, was a cavalry colonel in Napoleon's army and deputy of the Manche.
0.8 miSE
49°38'35"N • 1°37'27"W
Equestrian status of Napoleon, Cherbourg-Octeville
21 min walk • Memorial

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Cherbourg Naval Base?

Nearby attractions include Equestrian status of Napoleon, Cherbourg-Octeville (21 min walk), Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (21 min walk), Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (23 min walk), Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (23 min walk).

How to get to Cherbourg Naval Base by public transport?

The nearest stations to Cherbourg Naval Base:

Bus

Arsenal • Lines: 4 (15 min walk)
Chantier • Lines: 3, 4, 5 (18 min walk)

Ferry

Passerelle Cherbourg 4 • Lines: Cherbourg Dublin (25 min walk)
Passerelle Cherbourg 6 (27 min walk)