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Sandycove Beach, near Rathfarnham

Sandycove Beach is a beach in County Dublin, 11 km east of Rathfarnham.

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Sandycove beach is a tiny beach which offers shallow water to paddle and lovely views to admire. This seaside suburb is located around a pleasant harbour and has a famous Martello Tower where the writer James Joyce once stayed for a week as a guest of po

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From Rathfarnham
11 km east, in a straight line
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www.beaches.ie/find-a-beach/#/beach/IEEABWC090_0000_0050

Getting to Sandycove Beach

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Sandycove Beach is in Rathfarnham, 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.

It is 11 km east of the centre of Rathfarnham in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Elton Park (3052), 330 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Elton Park 330 m
    buses 59, 111, 7n and 7D
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Sandycove Road 350 m
    buses 59, 111 and 7D
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Breffni Road 400 m
    buses 59, 111 and 7D
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Brudett Avenue 460 m
    buses 59, 111 and 7D
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Glasthule 570 m
    buses 59, 111, 7n and 7D
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Rathfarnham covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Not at Sandycove Beach. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.

Other beaches in Rathfarnham

Nearest to Sandycove Beach first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Sandycove Beach, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 8 beaches in Rathfarnham

Questions people ask

Where is Sandycove Beach?
Near Rathfarnham, County Dublin, 11 km east of the centre.
How do you contact Sandycove Beach?
Contact Sandycove Beach. Visit www.beaches.ie/find-a-beach/#/beach/IEEABWC090_0000_0050.
How far is Sandycove Beach from the centre of Rathfarnham?
11 km east of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other beaches near Sandycove Beach?
8 in Rathfarnham altogether. The nearest are Seapoint, Merrion Strand and The Shelly Banks (part of).
How do you get to Sandycove Beach without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Elton Park, 330 m away in a straight line, and buses 59, 111, 7n and 7D call there, run by Go-Ahead Ireland and Nitelink, Dublin Bus. 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 choose.

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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 way/35356861, and can be corrected there.
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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.

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