Battery Lothringen Open Days

Explore Noirmont Point's restored WW2 naval command bunker, look through a periscope and handle wartime equipment; adults £8, under-16s free.

Visitors can explore the multi-floored restored M-132 Underground Command Bunker, which served as the 'eyes' for the Naval Coastal Artillery Battery that sat behind it, as well as many other bunkers on the site. There is also the Jersey War Tours pop-up shop, with militaria for sale, and the chance to get 'hands-on' with WW2 equipment.

Adults £8, children under 16 free, CIOS members and Jersey War Tours Patreons free.

Originally intended as 'Marine Battery 2', armed with four modern quick-firing 15cm turreted guns which never arrived thanks to the success of Allied bombing raids in Europe, Coastal Artillery Batterie Lothringen at Noirmont Point was the only Kriegsmarine (Naval) battery found in Jersey and was armed with ex-battleship 15cm guns.

The 'eyes' of the Battery is the large multi-floored Command Bunker, equipped with both a 6 metre range finder and Azimuth direction-finding periscopes protected by armoured turrets. It was originally fitted with state-of-the-art equipment to calculate the target location and how the elements would affect the shell's flight, and today parts of the bunker are restored to how they looked when operational. There is also information on Allied attacks that took place off the headland and items found in the surrounding area, and visitors can even look through one of the periscopes.