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# Belvelly

Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland.

[Plan a trip to Belvelly](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Belvelly) [From Shannon](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Belvelly)

## Every way there

- Shannon → Belvelly 99 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · €14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shannon-to-belvelly) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shannon&to=Belvelly)
- Dublin → Belvelly 213 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · €26–36 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-belvelly) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Belvelly)
- Charlestown → Belvelly 234 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €29–41 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-belvelly) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Belvelly)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Belvelly, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Belvelly](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/belvelly)

What Belvelly has

- Y Scheduled flights Cork (ORK), 14 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Carrigaloe Cross River Ferry Terminal, 3 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Cork, 12 km.

51.883°, -8.300°

Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island. Belvelly Bridge connects Great Island to Fota Island, which is in turn connected to the mainland near Carrigtwohill.

How locals move

## Getting around Belvelly the local way

- Get in The ferry runs daily 6:30AM–9:30PM and takes 5 min.
- Get in The "East Ferry" sailed from medieval times, latterly cable-hauled, but ceased in 1913.
- Get in See Cork#Get in for the ferries from Roscoff and Santander.

From [Wikivoyage: Cobh](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cobh), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvelly), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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