County Cork

Warren, Cregane Strand

Warren, Cregane Strand is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Cork, 2 km south-east of Rosscarbery. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it good for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, a lifebuoy, first aid, an information board and a beach wheelchair.

Good

water quality, 2025

Blue Flag

Yes

lifeguard

2 km

from Rosscarbery

Water quality: Good, 2025
Seasons before: 2024 Good, 2023 Good, 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: None
County: County Cork
Managed by: Cork County Council
Nearest town: Rosscarbery, 2 km south-east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 2.2 km by road, about 4 min drivingor 2.3 km on foot, about 29 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets: Yes
Parking: Yes
Access: A beach wheelchair is available
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
First aid: With Lifeguards
Protected area: Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position: 51.5649° N, 9.0132° W
Record changed: 2026-04-30

Cliffs to South of Warren Pier·Owen O'Sullivan, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cliffs to South of Warren Pier·Owen O'Sullivan, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Creggane Strand·Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Creggane Strand·Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Warren beach is a south east facing, gently sloping, sandy beach backing onto sand dunes (dunes extend between 40m & 50m). It is located in a small bay set back approx. 500m from the coastline which provides some shelter to the beach. Rosscarbery Estuary proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA 001075) discharges to Rosscarbery Bay via a channel to the south west of the beach. The beach is used by limited numbers of surfers, windsurfers, canoeists, and anglers.

Warren, Cregane Strand is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Warren, Cregane Strand had a Good 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.

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Warren, Cregane Strand is in Rosscarbery, County Cork. 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 Rosscarbery, 2 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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The nearest scheduled stop is Burgatia (215421), 850 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

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bus 237
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Rosscarbery N71 1.7 km
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Rosscarbery 1.9 km
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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Warren, Cregane Strand?

The EPA classified it Good for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Warren, Cregane Strand is classified as achieving Good Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Warren, Cregane Strand had a Good 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 Warren, Cregane Strand?

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 Cork County Council before swimming.

Does Warren, Cregane Strand 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 Warren, Cregane Strand?

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

How do you get to Warren, Cregane Strand without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Burgatia, 850 metres from the beach in a straight line, and bus 237 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 2026-04-30. 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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