• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • Origins
    • The Rams
    • Video Guides
  • Plan Your Visit
    • Location
    • Getting Here
    • Cycling & Driving
    • Local Interest
    • Useful Contacts
    • DO’s & DON’Ts
  • Walking Routes
    • Difficulty & Duration
    • Sheep’s Head Peninsula
      • Main Sheep’s Head Way
      • Peakeen Ridge Linear
      • Mass Path Linear
      • Loop Walks
    • Eastern Trails
      • Bantry to Drimoleague Linear
      • St Finbarr’s Way linear
      • Glanbannoo Linear
      • Drimoleague
        • Schronacarton Linear
        • Deelish Cascades Linear
        • Castle Donovan Loop
        • Drimoleague Heritage Loop
        • Glanaclohy Loop
        • Moyny Bridge Loop
      • Carriganass, Kealkil
        • Kealkill Stone Circle Linear
        • Srón na Gaoithe Loop
        • Póc an Tairbh Loop
      • Mealagh Valley
        • Mullaghmesha Loop
        • Mealagh Valley Loop
        • Mealagh Valley Woods Loop
  • FAQs
  • Heritage, History & Hiking
  • Maps & GPS
  • Contact

Sheep's Head Way

A peaceful, unspoilt peninsula, home of the Sheep’s Head Way walking route, which has some of Ireland's most beautiful scenery.

Home > Walking Routes > Sheep’s Head Peninsula > Main Sheep’s Head Way > Section 1: Bantry to Booltenagh

Section 1: Bantry to Booltenagh

Map

Details

Start ABantry
Finish BBooltenagh
Way Markers1-31
Distance7.3km
GradeModerate
Colour Code

The Sheep’s Head Way starts just off Wolfe Tone Square in Bantry town on the N71 Cork city direction. On the right, at the start of the quay is the Sheep’s Head Way information board and map. Opposite, across the road is the gatehouse to Bantry House. Go through the gate and follow the drive up to the house.

Pass the house, turn to the right, down through the car park and leave through the main gates. If the first gatehouse entrance is closed, just stay on the main road for a few minutes walk. Near the sailing club you see the arrows indicating a turn left into the grounds of the West Lodge Hotel. Follow the path past the ponds and up through the grounds and exit by the main entrance in front of the hotel car park. Cross the busy main road, take the first turn on the right signed ‘Dromclogh’. Follow the yellow markers westwards along small lanes and tracks. They will lead you up to the ridge at Booltenagh.

The next section of the Sheep’s Head Way leads along the ridge to Glanlough.

Primary Sidebar

All pages in this section

  • Section 1: Bantry to Booltenagh
  • Section 2: Booltenagh to Glanlough
  • Section 3: Glanlough to Seefin
  • Section 4: Seefin to Cahergal
  • Section 5: Cahergal to the Lighthouse
  • Section 6: Tooreen to Letter West
  • Section 7: Letter West to Kilcrohane
  • Section 8: Kilcrohane to Ahakista
  • Section 9: Ahakista to Durrus
  • Section 10: Durrus to Barnageehy
  • Section 11: Barnageehy to Bantry

Maps & GPS

Maps & GPS

News & Updates

The Sheep’s Head Way is closed to the public on Friday 31st January 2020

As usual each year, the Sheep’s Head Way is closed on 31 January, unless the expressed wishes of the Landowner states otherwise. This has become a customary practice which enables the landowner to grant permission for the public to access their land throughout the remaining year without risk of any public right of way being established.We hope you will respect this necessary inconvenience.

Mount Corrin loop

Due to  storm damage, the forestry section of the Mount Corrin loop walk will remain closed until further notice.

In Case of Emergency

Emergency Services

This message is only visible to admins.

Problem displaying Facebook posts. Backup cache in use.
Click to show error

Error: Error validating access token: The user has not authorized application 1332798716823516.
Type: OAuthException

The Sheeps Head Way

1 years ago

The Sheeps Head Way

Closed on Friday.
As usual each year, the Sheep's Head Way is closed on 31 January, unless the expressed wishes of the Landowner states otherwise. This has become a customary practice which enables the landowner to grant permission for the public to access their land throughout the remaining year without risk of any public right of way being established.We hope you will respect this necessary inconvenience.
...

Photo

View on Facebook
·Share

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email

The Sheeps Head Way shared a post.

1 years ago

The Sheeps Head Way

Glanaclohy Walk

soundcloud.com

Listen to Glanaclohy Walk by Top of the Rock #np on #SoundCloud
View on Facebook
·Share

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email

The Sheeps Head Way

1 years ago

The Sheeps Head Way

Great footage of Crookhaven, Goleen and Mizen area, West Cork in the 1970's. ...

My Own Place- Pat Murphy’s West Cork

m.youtube.com

Documentary from the 1970's featuring Irish Journalist Pat Murphy, a good insight into the daily routines and lifestyles of those living in West Cork at the ...

Video

View on Facebook
·Share

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email

The Sheeps Head Way

1 years ago

The Sheeps Head Way

The Sheep's Head Way would like to thank all the many people who help and support the work of keeping the trails open.

We wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and the very best for the New Year.
...

Photo

View on Facebook
·Share

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email

The Sheeps Head Way shared a post.

1 years ago

The Sheeps Head Way

Beautiful ...

View on Facebook
·Share

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email

Footer

Supported by:

Copyright © 2021 · The Sheep's Head Way - West Cork - Ireland · Log in