KnocknareaThe cairn on top has never been opened. The Queen Maeve Trail takes you up from Strandhill.
Beach
Strandhill Beach
Strandhill, County Sligo
The surf beach west of Sligo town has a promenade behind it. The currents in the water are strong.
Strandhill Beach in County Sligo is a popular surf beach featuring a number of schools catering for both novices and experienced surfers.
- Where
- Strandhill, County Sligo
- Address
- Strandhill Beach, Shore Rd, Carrowbunnaun
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
KnocknareaThe cairn on top has never been opened. The Queen Maeve Trail takes you up from Strandhill.
Coney IslandYou reach the island in Sligo Bay at low tide, along a sand road marked out with pillars.
Carrowmore Megalithic CemeteryPassage tombs and stone circles spread through fields west of Sligo town, with an OPW visitor centre on site.
HazelwoodThe wooded peninsula on Lough Gill has a lakeside path with wooden sculptures standing along it.
The ModelThis gallery on The Mall holds the Niland Collection of Jack B Yeats paintings.On nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
More in Sligo
BenbulbenMountain · DrumcliffeBenbulben is flat on top, north of Sligo town, and a looped forest trail runs around the base of it.
Mullaghmore HeadViewpoint · MullaghmoreA low headland with a small harbour on it, and a big wave break offshore.
DrumcliffeMonastic site · DrumcliffeAn early monastic site under Benbulben, with a carved high cross beside the churchyard W B Yeats is buried in.
Lissadell House and GardensHouse and gardens · CarneyLissadell is a neoclassical house near Carney with a walled garden, open to visitors in season.
Sligo AbbeyAbbey · SligoThe Dominican friary ruin in the middle of the town kept its cloister and a carved stone altar.
Streedagh BeachBeach · GrangeA long strand near Grange. Three Armada ships went down off it in 1588.
Gleniff HorseshoeViewpoint · CliffoneyThe road loops through a glacial valley in the Dartry mountains, with a cave up high on the rock face.- Spanish Armada Visitor CentreMuseum · GrangeGrange's former church now tells the story of the ships lost at Streedagh.