beach in Derry, Ireland
Portstewart Strand
A two-mile Blue Flag beach where you can still drive onto the sand
Worth the wander
Walk a broad strand backed by 6,000-year-old dunes up to 30m high, one of the few Irish beaches where cars are still permitted onto the sand, and the starting point of the 33-mile Causeway Coast Way.
Quick answers
- Cost
- Free (paid NT car park for non-members)
- Time and distance
- 3 km strand
- Parking
- National Trust car park; free for members, paid for non-members.
Find your way
Strand Road, Portstewart, Co. Derry~Londonderry