Discover the UK & Ireland Coast

Tregonhawke Beach is within Whitsand Bay, a sandy beach with rocks. Visitors need to be careful as the sea can have rip currents.Facilities at the beach include car parking and a cafe.

Portwrinkle and Finnygook (East) beaches are two sandy/pebble beaches with rock pools. Popular with surfers and bodyboarders. Facilities include car parks and toilets.

Freathy beach is a sandy south facing sun trap just below the village of Freathy at the mid-point of Whitsand Bay. Car parking is available at Sharrow Point nearby and in lay-bys along the coast road, cafe, lifeguards in summer.

Beautifully located in the South East Corner of Cornwall, Whitsand Bay Fort offers Luxury Lodge accommodation, touring and camping and is a prestigious, coastal wedding and event venue. The fort’s facilities include the historic Vaults Restaurant, Beaches Shop and Café, Indoor heated swimming pool and Hidden Heritage visitors centre. All facilities are open to non residents.

Sharrow Point is also known as Grotto Beach. The name Grotto comes from the National Trust property at Sharrow Point which preserves a small cave excavated by hand in 1874 by a hermit called Lugger, the cave is fenced off to the public. Lugger inscribed verses on the ceiling to relieve his boredom. Car park. We have no dog information for Sharrow Point/Grotto Beach.

Kingsand Bay is situated on the Rame Peninsula and has two beaches. Kingsand Beach is a mixture of sand and shingle located along The Cleave and Girt Beach is mainly shingle, but with some sand and lies along Market Street. Boundary changes have meant that over the years Kingsand has moved between Devon and Cornwall. Facilities include parking, shops and food.

Cawsand and Kingsand are two small villages within Cawsand Bay. They have sand and shingle beaches sheltered by Rame Head Peninsula offering views over Plymouth Sound. There are also rock pools to explore and slipways for easy access to the sea. The villages have a history with much involvement in smuggling and fishing. Remains of old pilchard cellars from the late 16th century can be seen on the shoreline just beyond Kingsand. These ‘Pilchard Palaces’ were for the storing and processing of this most prized fish. Facilities at the beach include slipways, toilets and shops.

Mount Edgcumbe House is the former home of the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe, first built in the 1500s. Set in Grade I Cornish Gardens within 865 acres Country Park.

Whitsand Bay runs for 3 miles from Rame Head in the east to Portwrinkle in the west. We have listed the beaches separately: Portwrinkle & Finnygook Beach, Long Sands (Tregantle Cliff) Beach, Sharrow Point (Grotto Beach) Beach, Freathy Beach and Tregonhawke Beach The South West Coast Path runs the length of the bay. A UK Ministry of Defence firing range exists between Fort Tregantle at the western end of the bay and Trethill Cliffs near Portwrinkle and this area is closed during firing range operations. Popular surfing and diving location.  

Long Sands or Tregantle Cliff beach is a section in the long stretch of sand and rocks of Whitsand Bay. Swimmers need to be careful of rip currents. The beach sits within a “Danger Area” below Tregantle Fort. When the red flags are flying this signifies that they’re using the firing ranges above the cliffs. Limited parking at Tregantle, more spaces at nearby Freathy along with a cafe.

Antony is an early 18th-century mansion set in parkland and fine gardens.