Trail · County Wexford

Blackwater Forest Trail

5.4 km1 hr 50 minModerateLoopDogs on a lead

Route shape, north at the top · start (filled) and finish (ring) · Sport Ireland

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Outdoors in County Wexford this week

Best day outdoors: Fri, 30 Oct — dry by day, breezy, up to 14°C

Thu, 29 Oct13° / 12°Grey cloudGreat day outdoors
Fri, 30 Oct14° / 9°Scattered cloudsGreat day outdoors
Sat, 31 Oct14° / 5°Sun with light cloudGreat day outdoors
Sun, 1 Nov12° / 8°Sun with grey cloudGreat day outdoors

Forecast: Met Éireann · outdoor rating by Winsome Planet

Make a day of it

The nearest trails, beaches, woods and heritage within 25 km.

Trails & walks

Trail · 300 m awayOulart - Siul Ladhru7.7 km1 hr 45 minModerateLinear

Trail · 6.9 km awayOulart Hill 1798 Walking Hub - The Jean Kennedy Smith Walk4.5 km1 hr 15 minModerateLoopThis walk takes you in a loop from Oulart Village, passing Mochua's Chapel and several other interesting 1798 sites and monuments and includes the Tree of Liberty and Tulach a tSolais which have connections with Jean…

Trail · 6.9 km awayOulart Hill 1798 Walking Hub - The Unyoke Walk10.8 km2 hr 30 minModerateLinearThis trail takes you through undulating mixed farmland and includes a section along the untouched medieaval Wexford-Dublin coach road and several historic 1798 sites.with spectacular panoramic views of most of County…

Beaches & bathing waters

Beach · 5.4 km awayBaile na hEiscríBallineskerWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallinesker is a rural peaceful fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is soft and windblown and often covers the wooden walkway. Deposition offshore into a series of sand-banks offers protection…

Beach · 6.7 km awayCurrach ClóCurracloeWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagToiletsParkingCurracloe is a rural peaceful fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is soft and windblown and often covers the wooden walkways. The sand dunes extend between 100m and 300m to the rear (west) of…

Forests & woodlands

Forest · 23 km awayShelmaliere / Forth Mountain2 trailsParking

Parks, gardens & islands

Nature spot · 11 km awayThe Wexford Slobs and Wildfowl ReserveParkThe Wexford Slobs and Wildfowl Reserve in Castlebridge, County Wexford are a natural haven for birds. Home to large flocks of geese, ducks and wading birds during the winter, with as many as 8,000 Greenland White-Fronted Geese going there.

Nature spot · 16 km awayCahore Point BeachBeachCahoreCahore Point Beach is located just beside the rural village of Cahore, County Wexford and is a which has a pier at one end. It is popular for water sports and is ideal for families.

Heritage sites

Heritage site · 18 km awayFerns AbbeyReligious houseFerns DemesneIn 1162, a new Augustinian monastery was founded at Ferns by Diarmait MacMurrough. Only parts of the church and the vaulted chancel survive today. Behind the chancel is the small sacristy where vestments and sacred…

Heritage site · 18 km awayFerns Cathedral and High CrossesCathedralFerns UpperThe earliest cathedral was built here at the beginning of the 13th century by John St John, Bishop of Ferns between 1223-1243. The principal remains consist of fragments of the two side walls of the chancel of the 13th…