St Agnes Heritage Coast Cornwall

St Agnes although a large village is actually known for its Heritage Coastline as it was the mining centre for copper and tin.

The 627-hectare (1,550-acre) coastline is situated along the north Cornwall coast starting in the west at Godrevy Head (with the Godrevy Towans) and continues for 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the east, through Portreath, Porthtowan, Chapel Porth and ends just past St Agnes Head, north of the village of St Agnes.

This stretch of coastline is great for its selection of beaches, high cliff coastline and heritage of tin and copper mining, this all adds up to a great allround location for establishing a base when visiting Cornwall.


Why not check beaches nearby as we have 5 St Agnes beaches and 216 Cornwall beaches. You can even take a look at our list of Cornwall dog friendly beaches or even our United Kingdom Blue Flag beach list.

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Want some ideas on where to visit?

Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, places to stay and eat:

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Trevellas Porth Beach

Trevellas Porth, pebble beach popular with fishing and snorkeling although swimming is not recommended due to strong currents. At low tide you can walk round to the larger Trevaunance Cove beach. The areas mining heritage is clear to see here with a scattering derelict mine workings and engine houses. No facilities, all you get is some car parking. Read more…
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Porthtowan Beach

Porthtowan beach is a large sandy beach popular with both surfers (good for beginners) and families. The beach is also backed by a small dune area and as the tide goes out you have some rockpools top explore. At low tide you can take a 15-minute walk along the beach to neighbouring Chapel Porth, alternatively, lots of cliff top walks. This Read more…
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Trevaunance Cove Beach

Trevaunance Cove beach is the local beach to St.Annes a sandy cove popular with families and surfers. Plenty to do with rock pools, caves and the remains of the old harbour. At high tide no beach. Surf: medium to large westerly swells and providing some shelter from a South Westerly wind, but when it’s good it tends to get quite Read more…
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St Agnes Head

St Agnes Head is on Cornwall’s north Atlantic Ocean coast and part of the St Agnes Heritage Coast that stretches from Godrevy Head in the south to St Agnes Head. At their height about 100 mines employed 1000 miners across this dramatic coastal landscape. Mining came to an end in the 1920s and many of these mines are still on Read more…
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Chapel Porth Beach

Chapel Porth beach is a small sandy cove which at low tide extends to a wide beach beyond the cliffs. When the tide is out you can walk south along the beach to nearby Porthtowan. Alternatively, the South West coast path extends along the cliff top in either direction. Many caves scattered along this stretch of coastline formed by coastal Read more…
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St Agnes lifeboat station

St Agnes lifeboat station operates an inshore lifeboat located at Trevaunance Cove. Station open by appointment and the shop is open daily during the summer months. Read more…
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Wheal Coates

Wheal Coates is a former cliff top tin mine situated on the north coast of Cornwall, between Porthtowan and St Agnes. It is maintained by the National Trust, for more details see National Trust website. Read more…
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Sallys Bottom Beach

Sally’s Bottom beach consists of sand and rocks at the bottom of a steep descent via some steps. No facilities with access only on foot via a steep decent. Read more…
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Some more seaside locations in Cornwall

Bodmin Boscastle Bude Callington Camborne and Redruth Camelford Falmouth Fowey Hawkers Cove Isles of Scilly Launceston Liskeard Looe Lostwithiel Newquay Padstow Penwith Peninsula Perranporth Polzeath Port Isaac Port Quin Portreath Praa Sands Rame Peninsula Roseland Peninsula Saltash St Agnes St Austell St Cleer St Tudy The Lizard Tintagel Truro Wadebridge