Find the nearest Blue Flag
Blue Flag beaches , the Blue Flag award is a prestigious, international award scheme that aims to provide an assurance to tourists that a beach has met a minimum standard. To collect a Blue Flag any UK and Ireland beach must achieve the highest quality of water, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.
Below we list the current beaches holding the Blue Flag award.
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- Mountshannon is a small lakeside bathing area located on Lough Derg. This is a freshwater lake.
- Llangrannog beach is a small sheltered sandy beach in the seaside village of Llangrannog. The beach has a distinctive rock called ‘Carreg Bica’ which according to legend was once a giant’s tooth. Small car park and facilities within the village.
- Beachlands is primarily a shingle beach with the beach being backed by sandy grass areas and heathland, criss-crossed by many paths. This area of the seafront is the best for entertainment of all sorts. It is the home of the Hayling fairground, the Amusements arcades are open all year round. The seafront area is accessible to all with the provision of boardwalks over the shingle bank, which are wide enough to take wheelchairs. Specially designed picnic areas are also located on some of the boardwalks. Car parks, toilets, beach huts, tourist information office and a number of kiosks, cafes, bars and restaurants.
- Sea Palling beach is a great large sandy beach protected by sea walls and just off-shore you have nine reefs built as part of the flood prevention scheme that gives good protection. The reefs offer some protection from waves and also at low tide a place to explore rock pools. This is one beach that even in the summer months you will have plenty of space. Facilities include car parking, toilets, cafe/restaurant, lifeguards (summer months), deck chairs hire.
- Barleycove beach on the Mizen Penninsula in west cork a sand beach with extensive dunes.
- Inchydoney beach is a sandy beach located on Inchydoney Island that is connected to the mainland by two causeways. The beach is split by the Inchydoney headland, these are often refereed to as east and west beaches. Seasonal lifeguard station on the headland.
- Carrickfinn beach is a large sandy beach backed by sand dunes. The beach is located within Gweedore Bay which is a Natural Heritage Area.
- Derrynane beach is a sandy beach in the natural heritage area of Derrynane Bay.
- Courtown beach has fine sand. As you travel northwards away from the harbour the beach is backed by dunes and woodland.
- Councillors Strand beach is the largest of the beaches within Dunmore East. The beach is ideal for families at is has safe swimming.
- Rossnowlagh beach is just over a 3 km stretch of sand backed by sand dunes and cliffs. The beach faces westward to the Atlantic Ocean and Donegal Bay funnels the Atlantic rollers making this a popular beach for all standards of surfers, bodyboarders, windsurfers, and kitesurfers. Facilities at the beach include car parking on and off the beach itself, seasonal lifeguards, and nearby you have pub, cafes, hotel, shops and post office.
- Minster Leas beach is a long sand and shingle beach on the Isle of Sheppey. Lifeguards during the summer weekends, parking, toilets, refreshments.
