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Cross Beach, Belmullet

Cross Beach, Belmullet is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Mayo, 3.2 km west of Binghamstown. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records a lifebuoy. It leaves 2 of the questions on this page unanswered, and those are shown as not recorded rather than as a no.

Blue Flag

lifeguard

3.2 km

from Binghamstown

Water quality: Not monitored for a classification
Water testing: Not tested by the EPA on its list, but not sampled for a grade
Season restriction: Not recorded
Pollution after rain: Not recorded
Awards: Green Coast · the register does not say which year's award
County: County Mayo
Managed by: Mayo County Council
Nearest town: Binghamstown, 3.2 km west of it, in a straight line
From that town: 3.7 km by road, about 7 min drivingor 3.7 km on foot, about 47 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: No
Toilets: No
Parking: No
Access: No
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
Protected area: Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position: 54.2074° N, 10.0844° W
Record changed: 2021-06-28

A wonderful Mayo beach·Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A wonderful Mayo beach·Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Magnificent Mayo beach·Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Magnificent Mayo beach·Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Cross Beach is a long sandy beach located on the west coast of the Mullet Peninsula with views of Inis Gé and Inis Glora islands. This beach is located 10 minutes from Belmullet town and from part of the Cross Loop Walk takes you along the beach and around nearby Cross lake.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Cross Beach, Belmullet is in Binghamstown, County Mayo. 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 Binghamstown, 3.2 km west of the beach. The register records no 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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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Cross Beach, Belmullet?

Cross Beach, Belmullet is on the EPA's list but is not one of the waters it tests, so the State works out no grade for it and none exists. Nothing here says the water is clean or dirty, because nobody has published either.

Is swimming restricted at Cross Beach, Belmullet?

The register leaves this blank for Cross Beach, Belmullet, which it does for the 89 waters it does not monitor. A blank is not a no. Check with Mayo County Council.

Does Cross Beach, Belmullet have a Blue Flag?

No Blue Flag, but the register records a Green Coast award, which recognises clean water and an unspoilt shore rather than facilities.

Is there a lifeguard at Cross Beach, Belmullet?

No. The register records no lifeguard here, so nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Cross Beach, Belmullet without a car?

No stop in the national timetable is within two and a half kilometres of Cross Beach, Belmullet. That is what the published timetable holds rather than a statement that nothing goes near: services that run on demand, and routes that file no schedule, are not in the feed at all.

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 2021-06-28. 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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