Wicklow GaolThe eighteenth century county gaol on the hill above the town is open as a museum.
Beach
Brittas Bay
Wicklow town, County Wicklow
Five kilometres of sand behind a dune system, and the main beach on the Wicklow coast.
Brittas Bay North is a beautiful long sandy beach in County Wicklow, approximately 16km from Wicklow Town.
- Where
- Wicklow town, County Wicklow
- Address
- Brittas Bay Beach
- Official site
- blueflag.global
- 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.
Wicklow GaolThe eighteenth century county gaol on the hill above the town is open as a museum.
Wicklow Head LighthouseThe octagonal tower of 1781 stands on the headland south of Wicklow town, with a cliff walk out to it.
Avondale House and Forest ParkCharles Stewart Parnell's home, in five hundred acres of forest with a treetop walk and a slide in the grounds.
GlenmalureGlenmalure runs long and straight under Lugnaquilla, with a waterfall at the head of it.
Mount Usher GardensTwenty acres along the Vartry river, planted informally in the wild garden style.
GlendaloughGlendalough fills a glacial valley, with a round tower, a gateway and two lakes above it.On nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
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More in Wicklow
Powerscourt House and GardensHouse and gardens · EnniskerryTerraced gardens stepping down from a Palladian house towards the Sugar Loaf, with a walled garden and a pet cemetery.
Powerscourt WaterfallWaterfall · EnniskerryIreland's highest waterfall drops 121 metres, in parkland a few kilometres from the main estate.- Wicklow Mountains National ParkNational park · LaraghOver 20,000 hectares of blanket bog, heath and upland woodland across the middle of the county.
Lough TayLake · RoundwoodThe lake is dark with a white sand beach at one end of it, seen from a pull in on the Sally Gap road.
Great Sugar LoafMountain · KilmacanogueThe quartzite cone stands over the N11. You can be up and down inside an hour from the car park.
Bray to Greystones Cliff WalkWalk · BraySeven kilometres of path cut into the cliff around Bray Head, sea on one side and the railway line below.
Sally GapViewpoint · RoundwoodA crossroads at five hundred metres on the old Military Road, with open bog in every direction from it.
Russborough HouseHouse and gardens · BlessingtonA long Palladian house above the Blessington lakes, holding the Beit art collection.