Seapoint Baths

Seapoint Bathing

Seapoint Martello Tower can be seen here, as well as the popular Seapoint bathing area.

Courtesy of John Hinde

Seapoint Bathing
Courtesy of John Hinde

Seapoint Bathing

Seapoint Martello Tower can be seen here, as well as the popular Seapoint bathing area.

Courtesy of John Hinde

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Seapoint baths, which were and are now the property of a private house, were constructed by 1840, seaward of the railway end of Brighton Vale. They were designed by John Croswaithe.

The baths were probably built by the railway company to compensate for the restricted access to the sea. The ruins of a small summerhouse and a hexagonal teahouse also exist at Vances Harbour. These were most likely built in exchange for Lord Cloncurry allowing the railway to be cut through his property.Seapoint is still a particularly popular spot for bathers, who swim from the base of the Martello Tower. The area behind the West Pier wall is known as 'the gut' and is very popular with windsurfers. There is also a diving club at Dun Laoghaire that uses these waters for training divers.