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Enniscrone Beach

Enniscrone Beach is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Sligo, 0.7 km west of Inishcrone. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it excellent for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, bins, recycling, a lifebuoy, first aid, an information board and a beach wheelchair.

Excellent

water quality, 2025

Yes

Blue Flag

Yes

lifeguard

0.7 km

from Inishcrone

Water quality: Excellent, 2025
Seasons before: 2024 Excellent, 2023 Excellent, 2022 Good
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: Blue Flag, Green Coast · the register does not say which year's award
County: County Sligo
Managed by: Sligo County Council
Nearest town: Inishcrone, 0.7 km west of it, in a straight line
From that town: 0.9 km by road, about 3 min drivingor 1 km on foot, about 13 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets: Yes
Parking: Yes
Access: A beach wheelchair is available. Direct access to the beach
Dogs: Dogs are not permitted in the bathing area between 10am and 7pm from 1st June to 15th September.
Cars on the beach: Limited parking allowed during very busy days
Public transport: Local Bus service to Sligo town and Ballina
First aid: First Aid kit and AED available in bathing season, during lifeguard patrol hours
Protected area: Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position: 54.2124° N, 9.1037° W
Record changed: 2026-04-08

A September Sunset over the Beach at Enniscrone (Inishcrone) in County Sligo, Ireland·Robin Mais, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A September Sunset over the Beach at Enniscrone (Inishcrone) in County Sligo, Ireland·Robin Mais, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Enniscrone Beach Road·James Emmans, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Enniscrone Beach Road·James Emmans, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Enniscrone Beach is an exposed sandy beach, backed by sand dunes, caravan park and golf course. Reference detail on NPWS website, ref. Special Protection Area (SPA 004036) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC 000458). Enniscrone beach forms part of the Killala Bay/Moy Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA 004036) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC 000458). Part of Killala Bay, west of Bartra Island is designated as a shellfish area. There is a short coastal walk north of Enniscrone pier. The bathing area (i.e. that which is patrolled by lifeguards) is approximately 500m in length. However the beach is approximately 4.5km in length.

Enniscrone Beach is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Enniscrone Beach achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2024 and 2023, and Good 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

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

Getting to Enniscrone 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

Enniscrone Beach is in Inishcrone, County Sligo. 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 Inishcrone, 0.7 km west 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 Enniscrone (558521), 770 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

Enniscrone 770 m
bus 458
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Getting to Inishcrone covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Enniscrone Beach?

The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Enniscrone Beach is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Enniscrone Beach achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating in 2024 and 2023, and Good 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 Enniscrone 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 Sligo County Council before swimming.

Does Enniscrone Beach have a Blue Flag?

The register records one. It does not record which year's award, and the flag is awarded each season, so it is worth checking the flag is flying when you arrive.

Is there a lifeguard at Enniscrone Beach?

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

How do you get to Enniscrone Beach without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Enniscrone, 770 metres from the beach in a straight line, and bus 458 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 2026-04-08. 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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