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# Crosshaven

Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland.

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## Every way there

- 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)

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

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What Crosshaven has

- Y Scheduled flights Cork (ORK), 14 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
- Y Ferries Cork (IRL), 4 km, Brittany Ferries; 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.

51.802°, -8.295°

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.

Get in

## Getting to Crosshaven

By road from Cork follow R612 past Carrigaline, 19 km. Bus Éireann 220 / 220X runs every 30 min from Ovens and Ballincollig via UCC campus and Cork city centre to Carrigaline and Crosshaven, taking 40 min. The service is every 15 min as far as Carrigaline. Visiting boats can moor at The Boatyard east of the inlet or Royal Cork Yacht Club west.

1. Cork Ferry Terminal is at Ringaskiddy In summer there are ferries from Roscoff and Santander.

See

## Worth seeing

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

Do

## Things to do

Boat trips are run by Cork Sea Safari. Piper's Funfair (aka "The Merries") at

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.

How locals move

## Getting around Crosshaven the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-09.

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