Explore Rame Peninsula (Cornwall) Beaches and Coastline

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

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 Read more…

Tregonhawke Beach is the largest of the beaches within Whitsand Bay, with a length ogfaround 2.5km (1.5 miles). The beach is a sandy beach with rocks and at low tide you have a massive expanse of sand but when the tide is high then the beach all but disappears. You also need to be careful as high tide can cut Read more…

Sharrow Beach also known as The Grotto is a good sandy beach with rock pools. The beach is really divided into smaller coves due to small outcrops of rocks which makes it a necessity to keep an eye on the tides as high tide areas can be cut off. The name Grotto comes from the National Trust property which preserves Read more…

Long Sands or Tregantle Cliff beach is a section in the long stretch of sand and rocks of Whitsand Bay. When the tide is out you have a very large beach but at high tide then only a small area of sand. The beach sits within a “Danger Area” below Tregantle Fort and when the red flags are flying this Read more…

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. Read more…

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 Read more…

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

Freathy beach is a sandy south facing sun trap just below the village of Freathy at the mid-point of Whitsand Bay. Lifeguards present daily during July, August and September and the beach has a small cafe. Car parking is available at Sharrow Point nearby and in lay-bys along the coast road.   Read more…

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 Read more…