Coastline & Beaches
South West Coast Path Cartole is perfect place to join the South West Coast Path, the award winning path Offers 5.7 miles stunning coastal scenery and depending on when you visit, each season will bring something different: in spring you’ll seem lambs in the fields; in late summer, the north coast blooms with heather and…
Read MoreAn ancient fishing village with a long history of boat building, Polruan is situated on the Polperro Heritage Coast. This village in South Cornwall has a distinct charm about it with many old buildings along the quay. There is only one road in and out of Polruan, which suffuses the village with an olde-worlde charm.…
Read MoreQuay Road, Charlestown, St Austell, PL25 3NJ. Located above the Historic Port of Charlestown, a UNESCO World Heritage site, the award-winning Shipwreck Treasure Museum shows a unique insight into the history of Charlestown with an opportunity to venture through underground tunnels that were once used to load clay onto ships moored in the harbour. You…
Read MoreLantivet Bay – PL23 1NP In between the bays of Lansallos and Lantic you will discover the secluded bay of Lantivet. Walk along the Southwest coast path or start from the car park next to Frogmore Farm. Climb down to Palace Cove, named after the old pilchard cellar, known as a palace, where fishermen would…
Read MoreMillendreath Beach – PL13 1NY Close to the resort town of Looe is Millendreath Beach. A south facing beach Millendreath lies at the foot of a wooded valley in a sheltered cove that during low tide has pleasant soft sands and numerous rock pools to explore. However, at high tide the beach mostly disappears. Find…
Read MoreTrebah Garden – Mawnan Smith, Nr Falmouth TR11 5JZ Trebah Garden is a uniquely beautiful, wooded 25-acre sub-tropical ravine garden that descends to its own beach on the beautiful Helford River. It is the wild and magical result of 160 years of inspired and dedicated creation. The natural spring at the top of the garden…
Read MorePortwrinkle Beach – PL11 3BY. At Portwrinkle there are two beaches immediately accessible from Portwrinkle; to the west of the harbour is the sandy crescent of Hoodny Cove and to the east the quirkily named Finnygook Beach. There is actually a reasonable patch of sand within the little harbour at Portwrinkle too. Finnygook is the…
Read MoreSeaton Beach – PL11 3JT Seaton Beach is a spacious grey sand beach popular with families. All facilities are close by and there is a nice green behind the beach and there are also pleasant walks in the Seaton Valley Countryside Park. Note that the Seaton car parks can get full on hot summer days.…
Read MorePolkerris Beach – PL24 2TL. Polkerris is a tiny hamlet, west of Fowey, down a winding lane past Kilmarth, the last home of Daphne du Maurier. It is also the next cove to Menabilly, the long-time home of the author. Polkerris is a sandy beach which gently shelves, sheltered by harbour wall. There is also…
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