--- title: "Crosshaven – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Crosshaven, Ireland: Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland. Nearby: Roche's Point Lighthouse, Naval College. Every way there from the planner…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/crosshaven" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/crosshaven.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Crosshaven.jpg" --- Village in Cork Harbour, Ireland · Munster # Crosshaven Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland. ![Crosshaven](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Crosshaven.jpg) Crosshaven · Wikimedia Commons The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosshaven), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Roche'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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche%27s_Point_Lighthouse) 2. Naval 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_College_(Ireland%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Holy Trinity Anglican church designed by William Burges, the architect of St Fin Barre's in Cork, and completed in 1868. 2. Camden Fort Meagher Apr-Jun & Oct Nov Wed-Sun, July Aug daily 10AM-4PM. 3. Fort Templebreedy From [Wikivoyage: Crosshaven](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Crosshaven), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Boat trips are run by Cork Sea Safari. Piper's Funfair (aka "The Merries") at From [Wikivoyage: Crosshaven](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Crosshaven), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## 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. 1. The Lodge Mon, Wed-Fri 4-11PM, Sat 1PM-midnight, Sun 1-11PM. From [Wikivoyage: Crosshaven](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Crosshaven), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Crosshaven **Airports:** Cork (ORK), 14 km · Shannon (SNN), 109 km · Dublin (DUB), 227 km\ - Shannon → Crosshaven 108 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · €14–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-crosshaven) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Crosshaven) - Dublin → Crosshaven 220 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · €27–38 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-crosshaven) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Crosshaven) - Charlestown → Crosshaven 243 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · €30–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-crosshaven) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Crosshaven) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Crosshaven) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in In summer there are ferries from Roscoff and Santander. - Go next You can shortcut to Cobh by the Passage West Ferry, then continue east to Youghal. From [Wikivoyage: Crosshaven](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Crosshaven), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 176 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 260 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 468 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 490 km 5. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 491 km If you know how people move in Crosshaven – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ccrosshaven&title=Crosshaven&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fcrosshaven), and the note gets an entry. 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