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Termon Beach

Termon Beach is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Mayo, 0.8 km south-east of Aghleam. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records toilets, parking and 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

0.8 km

from Aghleam

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: Aghleam, 0.8 km south-east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 0.9 km by road, about 1 min drivingor 0.9 km on foot, about 12 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: No
Toilets: Yes
Parking: Yes
Access: No
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
Protected area: Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position: 54.1132° N, 10.0923° W
Record changed: 2021-06-28

Aughleam Strand·Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Aughleam Strand·Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Blacksod bay, with mainland in distance Cottage overlooking Blacksod Bay, just south of the town of Belmullet. Taken from the peninsula.·Roger, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Blacksod bay, with mainland in distance Cottage overlooking Blacksod Bay, just south of the town of Belmullet. Taken from the peninsula.·Roger, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Termon Beach is a small sheltered sandy beach, located on the east coast of the Blacksod Mullet Peninsula approx 0.5km south of Aghleam village Co Mayo. The beach is an ecologically important area as it forms part of the Blacksod Bay Broadhaven Special Protection Area (SPA), the Mullet Blacksod Bay Complex candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) and the Mullet Blacksod proposed National Heritage Area (pNHA).

Where it is

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

Getting to Termon 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

Termon Beach is in Aghleam, 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 Aghleam, 0.8 km south-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 An Eachléim (582201), 740 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

An Eachléim 740 m
bus 446
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An Fód Dubh 2.1 km
bus 446
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Getting to Aghleam covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other places to swim in County Mayo

Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Termon Beach?

Termon Beach 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 Termon Beach?

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

Does Termon 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 Termon Beach?

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

How do you get to Termon Beach without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is An Eachléim, 740 metres from the beach in a straight line, and bus 446 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 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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