Chysauster Ancient Village, 2,000 year old Iron Age settlement. The village of stone-walled homesteads known as ‘courtyard houses’, found only on the Land’s End peninsula and the Isles of Scilly. The houses line a ‘village street’, and each had an open central courtyard surrounded by a number of thatched rooms. There are also the remains of an enigmatic ‘fogou’ underground passage.
Our weather forecast for Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall
Today (Tuesday, Jan 26)
Expect a temperature in the range 10.2℃ to 10.7℃ with a wind speed 6.3 m/sec (SW)
Wednesday, Jan 27
Expect a temperature in the range 9.7℃ to 9.9℃ with a wind speed 5.9 m/sec (W)
Thursday, Jan 28
Expect a temperature in the range 11.2℃ to 11.4℃ with a wind speed 8.5 m/sec (SW)
Friday, Jan 29
Expect a temperature in the range 9.9℃ to 10.1℃ with a wind speed 9.3 m/sec (WSW)
Saturday, Jan 30
Expect a temperature in the range 7.5℃ to 10.3℃ with a wind speed 6 m/sec (SW)
Sunday, Jan 31
Expect a temperature in the range 3.6℃ to 6.7℃ with a wind speed 4.1 m/sec (SE)
Monday, Feb 01
Expect a temperature in the range 8.3℃ to 8.7℃ with a wind speed 15.1 m/sec (W)
Weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK
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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.
St Ives Harbour is a working harbour but as the tide goes out you have a small beach protected by the harbour walls and within the heart of St Ives. A very busy area with restaurants and pubs but also you can hire boats and take seal trips from here. All the facilities of St Ives including car parks, boat
Read more…Porthkidney is a sheltered beach with about 600m of golden sand and sand dunes, the dunes are also known as Lelant Towans. The beach is separated from Hayle beach by a narrow strip of water. Excellent beach for swimming and becomes a surfers beach in the winter as its sheltered location helps to keep the surf up when other more
Read more…Trengwainton Garden, a sheltered garden with an abundance of exotic trees and shrubs. One of the main aspects is a stream garden with moisture loving plants.
Read more…Penlee House Gallery and Museum is a small museum and art gallery contains many paintings by the ‘Newlyn School’ (c.1880 – c.1940) including Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, Walter Langley, Harold Harvey and Laura Knight. Set in an elegant Victorian house and park, Penlee House also covers West Cornwall’s archaeology and social history, and offers a cafe and shop.
Read more…Perran Sands or Perranuthnoe beach is a flat beach with sand except at high tide when it all the beach disappears leaving a few pebbles. Good surfing beach and boasts a reef break along with the beach break. Perranuthnoe has remained undeveloped, with car park, one pub, an art and craft centre and a small cafe catering for beachgoers.
Read more…Mutton and Kynance Coves are on the North side of Godrevy Point at the northern point of St Ives Bay. The cove is a popular resting place for Grey seals in part due to the lack of access from the coast path. Closest parking is at the National Trust car park and the Godrevy Cafe. We have no dog information
Read more…Sennen Cove is in the far west of Cornwall, tucked into the corner of Whitesand bay on the Penwith peninsula. In the summer walk the coast path and experience one of the best sea views possible. In the winter this can show how rough these waters can get. A major surfing location but it is also suitable for beginners. The
Read more…North Cliffs beach, or Deadmans Cove is a pebble beach although you will get some sand as the tide goes out. A couple of small car parks but nothing else.
Read more…Porthgwidden Beach currently has 39 chalets which are available to hire on a weekly or seasonal basis. Located on the beach with views out over St.Ives bay towards Godrevy Lighthouse and Hayle beaches. Porthgwidden Beach is in the heart of St. Ives with access to all of the towns shops and places to eat.
Read more…Eastern Green beach is a sandy beach and is also known as “Penzance’s east beach” and is to the north of the harbour. The beach stretches from Penzance harbour to Marazion at low tide. The beach has a gently slope which forces you to walk out some distance to get out of your depth. This makes it a good family
Read more…Porthgwidden beach is a small sandy sheltered beach to the north of St Ives harbour. The beach is backed by grass slopes and beach huts and as well as the sand you have some interesting rocks to explore. The beach is positioned within the town between the bigger St. Ives beaches and more visitors tend to head to these bigger
Read more…The Towans refers to a 4 mile stretch of beach and each individual area of the dunes behind the beach have their own identities. The individual areas include: Hayle Towans, Black Cliff, Riviere Towans, Mexico Towans, Common Towans, Phillack Towans, Upton Towans and Gwithian Towans. The Towans mix of sand, sand dune and grassland has a wide variety of wildlife
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