County Wexford

Baginbun

Baginbun is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Wexford, 1.8 km south-east of Fethard. The EPA has published no water quality classification for it. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, a lifebuoy, first aid, an information board and a beach wheelchair.

Blue Flag

Yes

lifeguard

1.8 km

from Fethard

Water quality: No classification published
Water testing: Tested by the EPA sampled through the season and given a water quality grade
Season restriction: None in place
Pollution after rain: Prone to short term pollution
Awards: None
County: County Wexford
Managed by: Wexford County Council
Nearest town: Fethard, 1.8 km south-east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 2 km by road, about 3 min drivingor 2.1 km on foot, about 26 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes: Lifeguards on duty during the bathing season as of 2025
Toilets: 2 x portable toilets at vicinity
Parking: Approx 60 car parking spaces in recently completed car park
Access: A beach wheelchair is available
Dogs: 1st June and 15th September: no dogs in blue flag area between lifeguard markers from 11:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs. Dogs on a lead are permitted through the blue flag area to access other beach areas.
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: Public transport available to nearby Fethard on sea during Summer months
First aid: First Aid available at lifeguard hut during bathing season
Protected area: Hook Head (SPA): A Special Protection Area designated for the protection of bird species, covering the broader peninsula.National Heritage Areas (NHAs): The nearby Keeragh Islands are a designated NHA.Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): The coastline is part of a proposed larger South Wexford Coast MPA aimed at protecting coastal lagoons and habitats
Position: 52.1763° N, 6.8294° W
Record changed: 2026-05-29

Baginbun Beach and Point·Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Baginbun Beach and Point·Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Baginbun Beach·Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Baginbun Beach·Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Baginbun is an easterly facing beach on the Hook Peninsula, 2km south of Fethard village. It is a gentle sloping mostly sandy beach, with rocks visible during low tide. It is a sheltered sandy cove near Fethard-on-Sea, featuring cliffs and clear calm waters.

Baginbun has been newly identified in 2026 as a beach for monitoring, management and assessment under the requirements of the 2008 Bathing Water Quality Regulations. Annual water quality assessment has not yet been undertaken.

The EPA’s own beach profile

Where it is

Baginbun, and the other places to swim in County Wexford. Share your position and the map will show how far each one is from you.

Getting to Baginbun

About these directions

Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.

Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.

How journey planning works

Destination, access and nearby stops

Baginbun is in Fethard, County Wexford. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. The entrance has not been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

The nearest settlement is Fethard, 1.8 km south-east of the beach. The register records parking here. Getting to the town is not getting to the beach, so the journey below is worked out to the beach itself and the last stretch on foot is measured rather than left out.

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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Fethard (11304), 2.0 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Fethard 2.0 km
bus 399
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Getting to Fethard covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Baginbun?

The EPA has not published a classification for Baginbun. That is not the same as saying the water is poor: it means the four years of results a classification needs are not there.

Is swimming restricted at Baginbun?

The register records no season-long restriction. That is about the season, not about today: a short notice after heavy rain would not appear here, and this water is recorded as prone to short term pollution. Check with Wexford County Council before swimming.

Does Baginbun have a Blue Flag?

No. A beach without one can still have excellent water: the Blue Flag also asks for facilities, lifeguards and information boards, which a quiet strand may not have.

Is there a lifeguard at Baginbun?

The register records one, Lifeguards on duty during the bathing season as of 2025. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Baginbun without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Fethard, 2.0 km from the beach in a straight line, and bus 399 call there, run by TFI Local Link Wexford. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways, and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you pick. Where no footway joins the stop to the beach it says so rather than making a number up.

Where does this come from?

The Environmental Protection Agency's list of places people swim, which it calls the bathing water register, read on 2026-09-20, where this record was last changed on 2026-05-29. Water quality, awards, lifeguards and facilities are the EPA's own fields, and a field it leaves blank is shown as not recorded rather than as a no. The distance to the nearest town is this site's own measurement, in a straight line.

Water quality, awards, lifeguards, toilets, parking and access are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own fields, from its bathing water register, read 2026-09-20. The classification covers four years of sampling and is not a reading for today: after heavy rain the water can be worse than the classification suggests, and the EPA and the local authority post notices when it is. Positions are the EPA’s grid references, projected to latitude and longitude. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable.

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