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Blackrock Beach

Blackrock Beach is a beach in the town in Galway, County Galway, 3.4 km south-west of Eyre Square. Blackrock Cottage and Blackrock Sauna are within 128 m.

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Beaches
From Eyre Square
3.4 km south-west
Bus stop
Diving Board (Bus Éireann), 119 m away

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Plan of the country around Blackrock Beach, 1.8 km across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the country around Blackrock Beach, 1.8 km across

Getting to Blackrock Beach

By bus
The nearest stop is Diving Board, served by Bus Éireann, 119 m away, with a shelter.
Directions from where you are
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While you are there

1 place to eat or drink within 300 m: Blackrock Cottage (73 m).

Other sites within 3 km: Circle of Life (385 m), Quincentennial Park (405 m), Salthill Park (884 m), Tobermaconry (site of) (891 m) and Glenard Park (1.1 km).

Within a short walk

  1. 73 m
  2. 128 m

Other beaches around Galway

  1. 391 m
  2. 476 m
  3. 782 m
  4. Grattan Beach
    Salthill Promenade
    1.9 km
  5. 2.4 km
  6. 3.7 km
  7. 4.1 km
  8. 5.1 km

All 10 beaches around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Blackrock Beach?
In Galway, County Galway, 3.4 km south-west of Eyre Square.
Are there other beaches nearby?
9 other beaches around $Galway; the closest is Coneen, 391 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/290247886, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.