This is one of the nicest centres; very modern and well presented, with very helpful staff in the reception area.
Outside are various memorials, plaques, and the odd bunker or two. Again, this is a 'must see' site for any visit to the beaches.
One very moving relic is what's known as Cosy's Bunker, just down the beach...
After intense fighting, it was eventually taken by Lt William (Cosy) Aiten and his men of the Canadian Winnipeg Rifles by attacking with machine guns and rifle fire and throwing grenades into the apertures.
Seeing this site and, of course, you can often see Hollywood films portraying such situations, I still find it hard to imagine what it must have been like to be under such intense fire and to move forward towards almost certain death. Minute by minute these men faced similar challenges, whether it was fighting in the streets, in the fields or house by house, room by room - quite remarkable and something I can only view with the utmost pride and respect.
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