White Park Bay
About White Park Bay
White Park Bay is a three-mile white crescent between headlands on the Causeway Coast, backed by ancient dunes and famously grazed by a small herd of cows that wander down onto the sand. Owned by the National Trust and reached by a steep walk down from a small free car park with no coach access, it stays gloriously quiet even on busy days. It is a place for walking, fossil-hunting — Jurassic ammonites and belemnites weather out of the chalk — and views to Rathlin Island and Scotland, with a Neolithic site hidden in the dunes. It is not, however, a swimming beach: dangerous rip currents make bathing unsafe.
Nearby beaches
Ballintoy Harbour is a mile east along the Causeway Coast.
Get directions to the car park
This searches for the named car park on Google Maps — a place-name match, not yet a GPS-confirmed pin.
📍 Find White Park Bay National Trust car park, Ballintoy on Google Maps
Named from official sources but not yet pin-verified — always confirm on arrival.
Map
Approximate location, auto-geocoded from a named car park — not yet a GPS-verified pin. Always verify on arrival.
Activity suitability
- Swimming — Not advised
- Surfing — No surf
- Walking — Long walk (3km+)
- Lifeguard (summer) — No
Facilities
- Toilets — No
- Car park — Free
- Disabled access — No
- Lifeguard — No
- Not yet confirmed: Shower, Café nearby
Facilities confirmed from the local council and Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and Discover Northern Ireland Source.
Water quality
Where to stay nearby
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Nearby golf
From the GolfIreland.ie network. Distances are straight-line (as the crow flies), not driving distance.