Crosshaven
Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland.
Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is in lower Cork Harbour at the mouth of the River Owenabue, across from Currabinny Wood, 15 km south-east of the centre of Cork city. Originally a fishing village, from the 19th century, the economy of the area became more reliant on a growing tourism industry.
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Worth seeing in and around Crosshaven
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roche's Point Lighthouse
Roche's Point Lighthouse is situated at the entrance to Cork Harbour, Ireland. A lighthouse was first established on 4 June 1817 to guide ships into Cork Harbour.
3 km · lighthouse in Ireland · Wikipedia - 02Naval College
The Naval College is the principal naval military college in Ireland providing training to cadets, non-commissioned officers and recruits of the Irish Naval Service. The Naval College trains and educates personnel for service, providing a mixture of different courses ranging from officer training right through to naval engineering.
3.5 km · principal naval military college in Ireland providing training to cadets, NCO's and recruits of the Irish Naval Service · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Holy Trinity
Anglican church designed by William Burges, the architect of St Fin Barre's in Cork, and completed in 1868.
- 02Camden Fort Meagher
Apr-Jun & Oct Nov Wed-Sun, July Aug daily 10AM-4PM.
- 03Fort Templebreedy
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Things to do
Boat trips are run by Cork Sea Safari. Piper's Funfair (aka "The Merries") at
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Where to eat
Rivers End, Point Rd,. Mon-Sat 9AM-5PM, Sun 10AM-5PM. Cafe with coffee, cake and light bites, nice outdoor seating area. Hong Kong Chef on Lower Rd is open daily 4:30-10PM, sit in or take away. The Anchor, 4 Middle Rd P43 FY94,. Thu-Sun 5-9PM. Good central place for bar food.
- 01The Lodge
Mon, Wed-Fri 4-11PM, Sat 1PM-midnight, Sun 1-11PM.
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Getting to Crosshaven
- Airports
- Cork (ORK), 14 km · Shannon (SNN), 109 km · Dublin (DUB), 227 km
- Shannon → Crosshaven108 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · €14–20
- Dublin → Crosshaven220 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · €27–38
- Charlestown → Crosshaven243 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · €30–41
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Crosshaven
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Crosshaven. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn summer there are ferries from Roscoff and Santander.
- Go nextYou can shortcut to Cobh by the Passage West Ferry, then continue east to Youghal.
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