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Quarry Port

A beach in Ards and North Down. By the sand: toilets, parking, station 750 m. Excellent water (2026).

On the beach

No. 1,483 of 1,883 as a wild beach, No. 705 for an easy beach day.

Water
Excellent in 2026, bathing water "Helen's Bay" resultsDAERA (Northern Ireland Environment Agency), Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, checked 2026-11-01
Within 300 m
Toilets, Parking, Station 750 m · not mapped: cafe or food, lifeguards, showers or waterOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29; stops from NaPTAN and Translink
Name
From the bay it lies in: the sand itself is unnamed on the mapOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Size
About 9000 m² as mappedOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Surface
SandOpenStreetMap, checked 2026-10-29
Position
54.6729° N, 5.7361° W
Getting there
Directions in Google Mapswhat3words addressOpen in OpenStreetMap

Nearest beaches

All beaches in Ards and North Down
All beaches in the UK

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