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County Donegal

Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk

Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk is a waymarked route in County Donegal, 3 km along the line OpenStreetMap draws.

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2.3 km
as the map's own distance tag has it
3 km
measured on the map
Distance
2.3 km as the map’s own distance tag has it3 km measured along the line the map draws
Shape
Point to point
Starts at
Buncrana, ending at Stragill Beach as the map records
Network
Local waymarked route
County
County Donegal
On the map
OpenStreetMap relation/15423863
The route will draw when you reach it.

Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk in dark green, with the other routes from the same place behind it in grey. The line comes in 3 pieces because the ways drawn for it do not meet; the gaps are left as gaps.

The other routes from the same place

These start within eight hundred metres of the same point and share parts of their length. The arrows are what tell them apart on the ground, so each is named with its colour here rather than shown only in it.

RouteWaymarkPublishedMeasuredShape
Buncrana Shore Path Coastal WalkNot recorded2.3 km3 kmOne way
Swan Park WalkNot recordedNone1.2 kmOne way
Buncrana Heritage TrailNot recordedNone3.9 kmOne way

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk is in Buncrana, County Donegal. Routes here end at the start of the trail.

The nearest settlement this site covers is Buncrana, 800 m from where the line begins, in a straight line. The journeys below are worked out to the start of the walk itself, so the last stretch is measured rather than left to you.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Cockhill Rd (11263), 470 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Cockhill Rd 470 m
    buses 976, 959, 951, 933 and 933A
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Cockhill Road 490 m
    bus 964
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Buncrana 580 m
    buses 959, 976 and 951
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Ballymacarry 1.6 km
    bus 976
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Cockhill 1.6 km
    bus 976
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Buncrana covers the journeys into the town itself.

Questions people ask

How long is Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk?
The map records 2.3 km. Measured along the line it draws, it comes to 3 km. This site has not found an operator's own figure.
Where does Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk start?
The map records the start as Buncrana and the end as Stragill Beach.
Is this the same as the other walks from here?
No. 3 waymarked routes start within eight hundred metres of the same point: Buncrana Shore Path Coastal Walk at 3 km, Swan Park Walk at 1.2 km, Buncrana Heritage Trail at 3.9 km. They share parts of their length and are told apart by the arrows, so the one you follow is the one whose colour you keep to.
Why is the line broken on the map?
The route comes back from OpenStreetMap in 3 pieces, which means the ways somebody drew for it do not meet end to end. The gaps are left as gaps here rather than bridged with a straight line, because a line drawn across a gap is an invitation to walk where there is no path. On the ground the route is almost certainly continuous; the map is what is incomplete.
Is it open today?
This page holds no closure notice for it, which is not the same as knowing it is open. Cliff paths and forest routes close after storms and during works, and those notices are published by the operator rather than on the map. The link above goes to whoever manages it.

Where this comes from

The route
The line, the name, the colour and the waymark are the OpenStreetMap relation relation/15423863, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here
The measured distance, whether the line is continuous, which settlement is nearest the start and every distance on this page are this site’s own calculations from that relation, last built on 2026-09-20. No climb is measured here, and no time is estimated: a walking time appears only where an operator publishes one.