The Hayle Outdoor Swimming Pool is open daily, weather permitting, during the main summer months. Although a unheated pool it does have a solar cover that means the water temperature is a few degrees higher.
Ideally located close to miles of glorious sandy beaches.
In this 'you may also like' section we attempt to answer what else can I do? Here you have a list by order of being the closest some more beaches, things to see and do, places to eat and upcoming events.
Lula Shack is a beachside seafood & ribs shack at North Quay Hayle, Cornwall. Options to sit inside and outside or take it away to enjoy on the beach or at your home. Open 7 days a week, dawn until dusk, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. All our food is made from the very best sustainable, local and seasonal food. Read more…
Cafe overlooking Black Cliff beach at Hayle with good views over the bay towards St. Ives. Offers a selection of hot and cold foods with indoor and outdoor seating areas. Opening hours are seasonal and include Cove Nights where you can sit and enjoy one of the best Cornish sunsets available. Share: Read more…
Hayle Towans beach sits alongside Hayle estuary. Good sandy beach although we would recommend moving along the beach away from the estuary for safer swimming, check out the lifeguard swimming flags that normally sit in front of Black Cliff beach. Whilst the north end of St Ives Bay has good surfing beaches, Hayle Towans is the spot for kitesurfing and Read more…
Black Cliff beach is a sandy beach stretching between Hayle Towans and Mexico Towans. Hayle beach is a large beach backed by dunes and Black Cliff beach gives some protection from the wind by being sheltered by cliffs. The beach gets its name from the dark cliffs that line the back of the beach. You often get some large areas of shallow Read more…
Mexico Towans is near the middle of the long Hayle Towans beach that looks over St Ives Bay. A sandy beach with high dunes and good for swimming and surfing/bodyboarding. This is a great family beach that has room for everyone even on the hottest and busiest summer days. Lifeguards in summer. Access is down the dunes themselves and so Read more…
Porthkidney Sands is a large open north-facing beach in St Ives bay which is protected from the Atlantic rollers. The beach is backed by cliffs, sand dunes, and the West Cornwall Golf course. The dunes are also known as Lelant Towans. The beach can be accessed from the southwest coast path from either the sand dunes or some broken steps Read more…
You need to buy and display a permit to kitesurf in the estuary zone. The area is administered by the Hayle Harbour Authority and a strict code of conduct must be adhered to. Share: Read more…
St Ives has had a lifeboat since the 1830s and the station today currently operates two lifeboats. Station and shop open weekdays in the summer. Share: Read more…
The Gwithian Academy of Surfing’s surf school and shop are situated at Gwithian which is the Northernmost point of the lonh Hayle beach in St Ives Bay. Share: Read more…
