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Sandymount Strand, near Rathfarnham

Sandymount Strand is a beach in County Dublin, 6.1 km north-east of Rathfarnham.

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Sandymount Strand is 2 km a sandy beach with a gradual slope, which makes the water too shallow for any real swimming. There is a large inlet of water that remains even at low tide and is known locally as 'Cockle Lake'. Although Sandymount Strand itself h

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From Rathfarnham
6.1 km north-east, in a straight line
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www.beaches.ie/find-a-beach/#/beach/IEEABWC090_0000_0300
Swimming pool on the beach at Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Swimming pool on the beach at Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland·Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Swimming pool on the beach at Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland·Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Sandymount Strand 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 6.1 km north-east of the centre of Rathfarnham in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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The nearest scheduled stop is Gilford Road (7738), 390 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Gilford Road 390 m
    buses C2, C1, 47 and 84n
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Newgrove Avenue 390 m
    bus S2
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  • Park Avenue 440 m
    buses C1, C2 and 47
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  • Sandymount Avenue 520 m
    bus S2
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  • Sandymount Green 590 m
    bus S2
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Getting to Rathfarnham covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other beaches in Rathfarnham

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

All 8 beaches in Rathfarnham

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Where is Sandymount Strand?
Near Rathfarnham, County Dublin, 6.1 km north-east of the centre.
How do you contact Sandymount Strand?
Contact Sandymount Strand. Visit www.beaches.ie/find-a-beach/#/beach/IEEABWC090_0000_0300.
How far is Sandymount Strand from the centre of Rathfarnham?
6.1 km north-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 Sandymount Strand?
8 in Rathfarnham altogether. The nearest are Sandymount Strand, Merrion Strand and The Shelly Banks (part of).
How do you get to Sandymount Strand without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Gilford Road, 390 m away in a straight line, and buses C2, C1, 47 and 84n call there, run by Bus Átha Cliath – 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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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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