The Geevor Tin Mine is the largest preserved mining site in the UK, and part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site!
You can go underground into a real 18th-century tin mine, visit the interactive Hard Rock Museum that takes you through the fascinating story of Cornish Tin and Copper mining, and explore the mining buildings with their intact mining machinery.
All of this set in a Cornish Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with fantastic coastal views and wildlife.
The mine includes car parking, cafe and shop.
Our weather forecast for Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall
Today (Sunday, Feb 28)
Expect a temperature in the range 7.3℃ to 8.6℃ with a wind speed 7 m/sec (E)
Monday, Mar 01
Expect a temperature in the range 7.1℃ to 7.5℃ with a wind speed 7.3 m/sec (E)
Tuesday, Mar 02
Expect a temperature in the range 7.2℃ to 7.5℃ with a wind speed 6.7 m/sec (ESE)
Wednesday, Mar 03
Expect a temperature in the range 8.6℃ to 9℃ with a wind speed 5.4 m/sec (ESE)
Thursday, Mar 04
Expect a temperature in the range 7.6℃ to 8.1℃ with a wind speed 2.6 m/sec (N)
Friday, Mar 05
Expect a temperature in the range 4.5℃ to 6.1℃ with a wind speed 6.3 m/sec (E)
Saturday, Mar 06
Expect a temperature in the range 5.4℃ to 5.6℃ with a wind speed 8.3 m/sec (ESE)
Weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK
We only list tides for our beach listings.
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.
Porthzennor Cove is a sand and rocky beach. The beach is on the South West Coast Path and is not a beach you would sit and relax in the sun but stop off whilst walking and exploring the dramatic sea cliffs of Cornwall. No facilities and access only on foot from the coast path. We have no dog information for
Read more…Tater Du Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1965 as an automatic installation. It marks a headland on the south Cornwall coast to the west of Penzance. A red sector light warns shipping of the Runnelstone Rocks.
Read more…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
Read more…Porthgwarra beach is a secluded small beach located within a small fishing village. Time your visit correctly as only a small beach available at low tide with an array of interesting rock pools and caves. One cave runs through part of the cliff; there is a rope to hang on to as it’s slippery. Facilities include parking in the village
Read more…Porthmeor Cove beach is a small sheltered cove with a combination of sand, pebbles and rocks. Not to be confused with the larger sandy Porthmeor beach in St. Ives town. No facilities, access from the coastal path. We have no dog information for Porthmeor Cove beach.
Read more…The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone. The rock is an eighty ton granite boulder perched on the edge of the cliffs. Finely balanced due to the actions of weathering, and prior to its restoration in 1824 it could be rocked by applying only a little pressure. The name Logan Rock is also applied to
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
Read more…Priests Cove, small cove with pebble beach and tidal pool. Toilets and Car park at Cape Cornwall.
Read more…Long Rock is a sand and pebbles beach that has a shallow gradient so a lot of water before it gets deep which makes safe family swimming. The beach sits in the middle of the long stretch of sand within Mount’s Bay. No direct lifeguards but the east end of the beach touches on the Marazion beach that does have
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…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…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
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