Ballyholme Bay

Bangor's main town-adjacent bay beach, wide sandy crescent with a promenade, DAERA 'Good' rated water quality.

Beach & safety

Water quality: Good

Lifeguard: unknown

Hazards: No RNLI lifeguard listing or specific hazard advisory found for Ballyholme in the sources checked; a Bangor RNLI lifeboat station covers the wider bay but that is boat-based rescue cover, not beach lifeguarding — do not assume lifeguards are present.

Amenities: toilets · car-park · cafe · watersports-centre

Dogs

Official source: View the rule at source →

Family

Flat sand, promenade with cafes/shops close by, watersports centre on site — one of the most convenient family beaches in the borough.

Fishing

Sheltered lough and estuary margins can support flounder, bass and mullet, with whiting or codling in colder periods.

Species reported: Flounder, Bass, Grey mullet, Whiting, Codling

Access & parking

Promenade car parks along Seacliff Road.