County Wexford

Ballymoney, North Beach

Ballymoney, North Beach is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Wexford, 1.3 km east of Ballymoney. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it good for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, bins, recycling, a lifebuoy, first aid and an information board.

Good

water quality, 2025

Blue Flag

Yes

lifeguard

1.3 km

from Ballymoney

Water quality: Good, 2025
Seasons before: 2024 Excellent, 2023 Good, 2022 Excellent
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: Ballymoney, 1.3 km east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 1.3 km by road, about 3 min drivingor 1.4 km on foot, about 17 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets: Toilets available onsite
Parking: Parking available on site
Access: Wheelchair access is available to the North beach
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: No
First aid: Available from Lifeguard hut
Protected area: Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position: 52.6802° N, 6.2010° W
Record changed: 2026-07-23

Ballymoney Beach·M Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ballymoney Beach·M Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Ballinacarrig road junction The high road left leads to Tara Hill, and the lower road goes to the coast·Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ballinacarrig road junction The high road left leads to Tara Hill, and the lower road goes to the coast·Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Ballymoney North beach is a rural peaceful beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is medium hardness. Deposition offshore into a series of sand-banks offers protection to the beach. The sand dunes extend between 50m and 100m to the rear (west) of the beach. Ballymoney beach is part of a Natural Heritage Area (NHA). Ballymoney beaches are also a popular fishing spot. The bathing area is approximately 300m long and approximately 0.06 km² in area.

Ballymoney, North Beach is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Ballymoney, North Beach achieved a Excellent Water Quality result in 2024, Good Water Quality result in 2023 and an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2022. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health.

The EPA’s own beach profile

Where it is

Ballymoney, North Beach, 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 Ballymoney, North Beach

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

Ballymoney, North Beach is in Ballymoney, 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 Ballymoney, 1.3 km 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 Kildermot (13066), 1.3 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Kildermot 1.3 km
bus 879
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Ballymoney 1.3 km
bus 879
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Getting to Ballymoney covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Ballymoney, North Beach?

The EPA classified it Good for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Ballymoney, North Beach is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Ballymoney, North Beach achieved a Excellent Water Quality result in 2024, Good Water Quality result in 2023 and an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2022. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health. A classification is a record of seasons that have finished; it is not a reading of the water today.

Is swimming restricted at Ballymoney, North Beach?

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 Ballymoney, North Beach 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 Ballymoney, North Beach?

The register records one, without giving hours. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Ballymoney, North Beach without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Kildermot, 1.3 km from the beach in a straight line, and bus 879 call there, run by Gorey Bus Links. 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 2026-07-23. 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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