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County Wexford

Duncannon

Duncannon is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Wexford, 0.1 km south of Duncannon. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it excellent for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, bins, recycling, first aid, an information board and a beach wheelchair.

Excellent
water quality, 2025
No
Blue Flag
Yes
lifeguard
0.1 km
from Duncannon
Water quality
Excellent, 2025
Seasons before
2024 Good, 2023 Sufficient, 2022 Sufficient
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
Duncannon, 0.1 km south of it, in a straight line
From that town
0.2 km by road, about 1 min drivingor 0.1 km on foot, about 1 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard
Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets
Yes
Parking
Yes
Access
A beach wheelchair is available. Access ramp
Dogs
Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach
Allowed
Public transport
No
First aid
Available from Lifeguard hut
Protected area
Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position
52.2199° N, 6.9335° W
Record changed
2026-05-29
Duncannon Beach
Duncannon Beach·Gfox228, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Duncannon Beach·Gfox228, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Duncannon Beach
Duncannon Beach·Gfox228, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Duncannon Beach·Gfox228, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Duncannon beach is a peaceful firm-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand dunes extend between 5m and 100m to the rear (north) of the beach. There is no significant vegetation growing in the waters off the beach. Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca), a rare species listed in the Irish Red Data Book is found in the dunes. There is a sand sculpting festival which takes place each summer. Attractions include a maritime museum, cockleshell art centre, artist studios, café and craft shop. The beach is also used by a limited number of surfers, windsurfers and canoeists. The bathing area is approximately 1.0 km long and approximately 0.2 km² in area.

Duncannon is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Duncannon has achieved a Good Water Quality rating in 2024 and Sufficient Water Quality rating for two years 2022 and 2023. 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

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

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Destination, access and nearby stops

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 Duncannon, 0.1 km south 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 Duncannon (330691), 110 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Duncannon 110 m
    bus 370
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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Duncannon?
The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Duncannon is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Duncannon has achieved a Good Water Quality rating in 2024 and Sufficient Water Quality rating for two years 2022 and 2023. 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 Duncannon?
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 Duncannon 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 Duncannon?
The register records one, without giving hours. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Duncannon without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Duncannon, 110 metres from the beach in a straight line, and bus 370 call there, run by Bus Éireann. 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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