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County SligoGreen Coast

Streedagh Beach

Streedagh Beach is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Sligo, 2.8 km north-west of Grange. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it excellent for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, bins, a lifebuoy, first aid and an information board.

Excellent
water quality, 2025
No
Blue Flag
Yes
lifeguard
2.8 km
from Grange
Water quality
Excellent, 2025
Seasons before
2024 Excellent, 2023 Excellent, 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
Green Coast · the register does not say which year's award
County
County Sligo
Managed by
Sligo County Council
Nearest town
Grange, 2.8 km north-west of it, in a straight line
From that town
4.3 km by road, about 6 min drivingor 4.6 km on foot, about 57 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard
Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets
Available during bathing season
Parking
No
Access
No
Dogs
A person in charge of a dog on any of this beach shall keep such dog on a leash of fixed length of less than 2 metres, and otherwise under adequate control from 10am each day, throughout the year. Before 10am dogs must be kept under effective control.
Cars on the beach
No
Public transport
No
First aid
First Aid kit and AED available in bathing season, during lifeguard patrol hours
Protected area
Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position
54.4061° N, 8.5596° W
Record changed
2026-06-04
Streedagh Beach
Streedagh Beach·Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Streedagh Beach·Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Surfboards, Streedagh
Surfboards, Streedagh·Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Surfboards, Streedagh·Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Streedagh Beach is an exposed sandy beach, backed by sand dunes. Streedagh Beach has a fixed coastal dune system containing a variety of herbaceous vegetation. The estuary nearby consists of sand flats with areas of salt marsh around the margins, these habitats support a variety of plant species. This beach forms part of a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) known as the Streedagh Point Dunes. The beach forms part of a tombolo formation, joining Conor's Island to Streedagh Point and it is approximately 2.5km in length.

Streedagh Beach is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Streedagh Beach has achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2022 to 2025. 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

Streedagh 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.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Streedagh Beach is in Grange, 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 Grange, 2.8 km north-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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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Streedagh (10775), 1.9 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Streedagh 1.9 km
    bus 982
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Getting to Grange covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Streedagh Beach?
The EPA classified it Excellent for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Streedagh Beach is classified as achieving Excellent Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Streedagh Beach has achieved an Excellent Water Quality rating for the four consecutive years 2022 to 2025. 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 Streedagh 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 Streedagh Beach 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 Streedagh Beach?
The register records one, without giving hours. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Streedagh Beach without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Streedagh, 1.9 km from the beach in a straight line, and bus 982 call there, run by TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim. 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 2026-06-04. 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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