Greystones has a maritime climate, so pack layers and a light rain jacket whatever the season. The harbour, the marina, and the open beaches catch the sea wind and can feel several degrees cooler than the sheltered town centre, especially from October to March.

🚂 DART from Greystones

All trains towards Dublin

Greystones is a DART terminus. Updates every minute

🌊 Tides

Greystones Harbour

Heights relative to chart datum

A Fishing Hamlet That Grew Up Well

Greystones is named for the stones themselves: the half-kilometre run of grey shingle between North Beach and South Beach that gave a small fishing hamlet its name long before anyone thought to make a town of it. The railway arrived in 1855 and the place began to fill out, and the electrified DART reached it in 2000, pinning it as the southern end of the line and tying it to Dublin in under an hour.

What grew up is a town with a split personality, in the best sense. The Burnaby, laid out on the south side, is all Victorian and Edwardian period houses under mature trees, an enclave of quiet respectability. Down at sea level the rebuilt harbour and its 230-berth marina give the town a working waterfront again, with a sandy Blue Flag beach to the south and a pebble beach running north toward Bray Head. It has the food scene and the sea-swimming ritual to match.

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Greystones harbour and marina with the grey shingle and South Beach beyond