Gold Beach was between two villages.
The objectives at Gold were to secure a beachhead, move west to capture Arromanches and establish contact with the American forces at Omaha, capture Bayeux and the small port at Port-en-Bessin, and to link up with the Canadian forces at Juno to the east
 High cliffs at the western end of the zone meant that the landings took place on the flat section between Le Hamel and La Rivire, in the sectors code-named Jig and King

