Ventry Beach – Slea Head Drive loop from Dingle Urban Electoral Division

Ventry Beach – Slea Head Drive loop from Dingle Urban Electoral Division

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Ventry Beach – Slea Head Drive loop from Dingle Urban Electoral Division

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41.3km

430m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 13.9 km for 96 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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7.18 km

Ventry Beach

Highlight • Beach

This vast, crescent-shaped bay offers one of the peninsula's safest and most beautiful sandy beaches. Only the view is somewhat spoiled by the caravans behind the beach. For the cyclist, …

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9.82 km

Slea Head Drive

Highlight • Cycleway

Slea Head Drive unfolds as one of Ireland's most impressive coastal drives, where the road winds along rugged cliffs and open Atlantic vistas. As you cycle westward, the landscape opens …

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13.8 km

Fahan Beehive Huts and Coastal Cliffs View

Highlight • Historical Site

Directly along the spectacular Slea Head Drive lie these unique 'clocháin' or beehive huts. These conical stone structures, built without cement using the ancient dry-stone method, once housed early Christian …

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13.9 km

View of the Cliffs on the Dingle Peninsula

Highlight • Viewpoint

The landscape is of rare beauty: black cliffs crowned with bright green meadows, checkered fields rising up the hill, and one of the country's most surprising archaeological sites. The place …

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16.7 km

Slea Head Crucifixion Scene

Highlight • Monument

Marked by a cross, as many high or exposed locations, the point offers a grand panorama. The steep cliffs are impressive. To the south, on a clear day, you can …

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18.0 km

View of the Blasket Islands from Slea Head

Highlight • Viewpoint

In the western most point of the Dingle Peninsula is Slea Head. Dunmore Head, the promontory to the west of here, is the most westerly point in Ireland. The views of the Blasket Islands are simply stunning.

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21.6 km

Stranger's Takeaway

Highlight • Restaurant

24.1 km

View of Ceann Sibéal

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the parking lot of Ceann Sratha (Clogher), you look directly at the monumental red sandstone cliffs of Ceann Sibéal. These 200-meter-high rock faces cut through the Atlantic surf like …

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41.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.1 km

114 m

Surfaces

40.9 km

303 m