Forty Foot, Dalkey
Forty Foot is an attraction near Sandycove Point in Dalkey, County Dublin, 1.3 km north of the centre. Sandycove Beach and The Maze are within 270 m.
The Forty Foot, a historic bathing pool on a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay, is a short walk from the James Joyce Tower, Sandycove. It used to be a male only swimming spot but today both men and women enjoy a swim here.
- Kind
- Attractions
- Nearest road
- Sandycove PointThe closest named road, measured here. The map records no address for this place, so this is not a statement about where its door is.
- From the centre
- 1.3 km north, in a straight line
- Parking
- Ballygihen Villas Parking, 380 m away
- Bus stop
- Elton Park, 410 m away
The map does not yet record opening hours and a phone number for Forty Foot. Anyone can add them on OpenStreetMap, and this page picks the change up at the next refresh.
Getting to Forty Foot
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 worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Forty Foot is in Dalkey, County Dublin. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.
The nearest scheduled stop is Elton Park (3052), 410 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Elton Park 410 m
buses 59, 111, 7n and 7DScheduled departures from this stop
- Sandycove Road 430 m
buses 59, 111 and 7DScheduled departures from this stop
- Breffni Road 460 m
buses 59, 111 and 7DScheduled departures from this stop
- Brudett Avenue 540 m
buses 59, 111 and 7DScheduled departures from this stop
- Glasthule 630 m
buses 59, 111, 7n and 7DScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Dalkey covers the journeys into the town itself.
Events nearby
Not at Forty Foot. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Forty Foot, on Sandycove Point and around it.
Also on Sandycove Point
Sandycove Point carries 3 of the places the map names in Dalkey.
Other attractions in Dalkey
Nearest to Forty Foot first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Forty Foot, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 990 m
- 1.8 km
- 2.5 km
- 3.6 km
- 3.7 km
- 3.7 km
- 3.7 km
- 3.7 km
- 3.7 km
- 3.8 km
- 3.9 km
- 7.8 km
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/332211029, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.