Name: Mizen Head Visitor Centre
Rating: 5.0

Mizen Head Visitor Centre

Mizen Head Visitor Centre, Cloghane, Goleen, County Cork, Ireland

1-90 Years

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Mizen Head Visitor Centre is located at Ireland’s most south-westerly point along the Wild Atlantic Way. It offers dramatic coastal scenery, wildlife experiences, and access to the iconic Mizen Head signal station and bridge. The centre combines natural beauty, heritage, and visitor facilities in one unforgettable destination.

Visitors can explore spectacular cliff-top paths, cross the famous Mizen Bridge, and experience marine and coastal wildlife watching, including whale and dolphin watching and birding. The area also offers outdoor and adventure activities such as horse riding, kayaking, paddleboarding, surfing, scuba diving, archery, hiking, wild swimming, sea angling, shore angling, guided walking tours, and golf at nearby courses. Indoor and nearby attractions include ferry trips to Garnish Island, visits to Fastnet Rock, Sherkin and Cape Clear islands, Glengarriff Nature Reserve, Fastnet Trails walks, Skibbereen Heritage Centre, boutique shopping, art exhibitions at The Uillinn.

Overall, Mizen Head Visitor Centre offers one of the most breathtaking coastal experiences in Ireland. With stunning Atlantic views, rich wildlife, and excellent visitor facilities, it’s perfect for families, walkers, and nature lovers. Whether you visit for adventure, relaxation, or exploration, Mizen Head delivers a memorable day out on the Wild Atlantic Way.

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Host birthday parties: No

Features

Outdoor & Adventure Activities: From Horse Riding to Kayaking, Scuba Diving to Paddleboarding Surfing to Archery and Hiking to Wild Swimming, West Cork offers an eclectic mix of activities to suit all ages and abilities. Whether you're looking for a gentle stroll along clearly marked woodland trails, an energetic hike up a remote mountainside, or perhaps something more obscure and adventurous, activity providers in the region have you covered.

Get out on the water with West Cork based Kayaking, Paddleboarding and Surfing activities.
Try your hand at Horse Riding or take a Guided Walking Tour.
Sea Angling charters and tours depart from a number of locations along the West Cork coast .
The West Cork coast also offers superb shore angling opportunities from its many sandy beaches and extensive rocky shore. Find details of the best marks on the Sea Angling Ireland site here.
West Cork is home to some of the finest Blue Flag and Green Coast beaches in Ireland. From Inchydoney in the east to Barleycove in the west there's a string of world-class beaches to visit, each offering something a little bit unique.
If golf is your pursuit of choice, you'll find excellent courses at Bantry Bay Golf Club and Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club

Wildlife Watching and Birding: From Atlantic adventures in search of Humpback and Fin Whales, to combing West Cork headland for migrant birds, Mizen Head, and West Cork in general, is one of the best places not just in Ireland, but in the whole of Europe for marine and coastal wildife watching and birding.

Explore on your own, or hire a local guide, and immerse yourself in the wild side of Ireland.
Head out onto the wild North Atlantic to experience some of the best Whale and Dolphin watching in the northern hemisphere.
Hire a local wildlife and birding guide for the day to experience the wilder side of the West Cork coastline.
Visit Glengarriff Nature Reserve and explore the wild remnants of Ireland's ancient oak woodlands.
Get closer to nature on the Fastnet Trails: a system of long and short nature walks spanning Lisheen, Aughadown, Ballydehob, the Butter Road, Schull and Toormore.

Outdoor Attractions: From a ferry ride out to Garinish Island (Ilnacullen) to visit its semi-exotic gardens, to the eclectic Ewe Experience and lots more besides -- West Cork hosts a wide range of outdoor attractions

Take a trip out with one of the Garnish Island ferry services and visit the iconic gardens with their unique micro-climate supporting many exotic plants.
Set in a spectacular waterfall oasis, The Ewe Experience is Ireland's only interactive and interpretative sculpture garden.
Mizen isn't the only spectacular headland along this breathtaking stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way: Beara/Dursey Island (accessed by Ireland's only cable car), Sheeps Head, Toe Head and Galley Head are all well worth a visit.
Take a trip around the Fastnet Rock lighthouse, or visit the offshore islands of Sherkin and Cape Clear.

Indoor Attractions: While West Cork's outdoor attractions offer some fantastict experiences, it's always great to have a few indoor options when the weather turns (this is Ireland, after all). Luckily there's no shortage of indoor attractions to choose from

Visit Skibbereen Heritage Centre for fascinating exhibits on the Irish Famine, Geneology and Lough Hyne (Ireland’s first Marine Nature Reserve).
Is a spot of retail therapy more your thing? You'll find a host of boutique shopping opportunities in the picturesque West Cork towns of Bantry, Skibbereen and Clonakilty.
Art enthusiasts, meanwhile, will want to check out the latest exhibitions at The Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen.

e-Mizen Centre: You'll pass Mizen Information & e-Centre as you come into the village of Goleen on your way to Mizen Head. The centre is a Community Enterprise initiative, and aims to provide both a convenient source of information for visitors, and access to a modern, well-connected co-working space suitable for local and visiting businesses-people, entrepreneurs and e-workers. Whether your visit to Mizen Head is for work, play or a bit of both, the Mizen Information & e-Centre at Goleen has you covered.

Facilities

Friendly staff
Free WiFi
Visitor Information on local accommodation and activities
Public restroom facilities
Gift Shop
Takeaway Coffee
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Open daily year round
Free Car Park and Playground available at the back of Main Street.
The path into the village is between Dermot Sheehan's Minimarket and PO/Along the Way Cafe.

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Price: Paid

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Entry Prices

Adult: €7.50
Senior/Student: €6
Child under 14: €4.50
Child under 5: Free

Group & Family Deals

Family (2 Adults and up to 4 Children): €25
Groups (10 and over): Adults: €6.50 | Senior/Student: €5 | Child 5-14: €3.50

Pricing URL: https://mizenhead.ie/

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

July and August: Daily 10am-6pm (paths start closing from 4:30pm)
September, October, April, May, June: Daily 10.30am -5pm
November - March unless otherwise indicated: Weekends 11am-4pm

Address: Mizen Head Visitor Centre, Cloghane, Goleen, County Cork, Ireland

Post Code: IE

Council: Schull

County: Cork

Travelling from Skibbereen

Follow the signs for N71 until you reach Ballydehob
Go straight on (don't take the right turn for N71 at outskirts to Ballydehob). You will see the signs for Mizen Head Drive.
Follow the route R592 through Schull
Go through Goleen and continue until you see the sign for Mizen Head Drive (don't take the first turn to the right after the village - go straight on until you see the second sign)

Travelling from Bantry

Take the turning marked CROOKHAVEN R591
Travel through Durrus, taking the left fork towards Goleen
Continue to the end of the road and turn right at the T junction
Go through Goleen and continue until you see the sign for Mizen Head Drive (don't take the first turn to the right after the village - go straight on until you see the second sign)