Safety of Sandymount Strand

Lunaarli

My friend is in her mid 30's and has just moved into an apartment on her own in Barrow St.

She's not on boards.ie and is wondering how safe Sandymount Strand is to go for walks very early in morning or late at night.

Is it lit up?

Cheers

ballsymchugh

used to live near there. lots of people out walking/jogging there, esp in the evening.

Grid.

Yeah I reckon it's pretty safe, always a good flow of people down there.

Cookie_Monster

watch the tides, they can in incredibly fast and cut you off if you're out far

silverharp

never heard of any problems and the tower down is well lit. You can walk out to the lighthouse from the nature reserve end but can seem a bit isolated during the week, at the weekend and normal times there are plenty of people about.

TheVoodoo

As said, just be aware of the tide coming in, it's quite easy to get cut off if one stops paying attention.

Nabber

It's very safe. I find anyways.
Tide is a bit dangerous like other posters have said

trellheim

Late at night along the sea path from the Merrion Gates up to the nature reserve is safe enough, there are always couples "watching the sea" in their cars in the carparks along the way, if you don't feel safe walk along the beach road instead, there is a huge amount of traffic along it.

Prob best to avoid Pigeon house road from the big roundabout out to the power station, very lonely and not a lot to see if you are walking. Much better to go out the Nature reserve end and then walk out to the light house, again people sitting in their cars at the south wall carpark means its fairly safe, and there's plenty of CCTV. there is usually people fishing at the lighthouse Again keep your wits about you though if you get into trouble it's a long long way, probably the farthest in inner city dublin, to any help.


Echo the comments about the tides, the flatness means you can get cut off and get wet feet really fast

Closest Garda station is Irishtown which is very near the beach road at the north end.

donaghs

Always found it safe. Often see people walking/jogging up to 9pm in darkest winter (on the path that is, not on the sand, which is lower down and out of view sometimes, and has tides etc).