Kenneggy Sands is a large sandy beach that used to be accessed from the cliff path via metal ladders. In recent years coastal erosion has claimed this access route and now the only way to access is at low tide from neighbouring coves. Care must be taken as the beach all but disappears at high tide. The beach has no Read more…

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens is a beautiful sheltered valley near Penzance, surrounded by woods, streams and dramatic 22-acre exotic and sub-tropical garden. The gardens provide the perfect backdrop to art, with internationally renowned artists creating permanent works, all harmonising with their garden setting. Facilities include a cafe, design shop, toilets, car parking and well-behaved dogs are welcome on a lead throughout 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…

Trenow Cove beach is made up of sand and rocks and the beach lies between Perranuthnoe and St Michaels Mount. None, nearest facilities in either Perranuthnoe and Marazion. We have no dog information for Trenow Cove beach. 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…

Porthglaze Cove is a pebble/rocky cove on the South West Coast Path between Zennor Head and Gurnards Head. No facilities, access is on foot from the coast path. We have no dog information for Porthglaze Cove beach. Read more…

Gwenver is secluded and rarely gets crowded. Ideal for visiting the beach and walking along the cliffs as you have excellent breathtaking views. At high tide, the beach slopes steeply into the sea and can be dangerous, at low tide Gwenver joins up with Sennen Beach. A superb surfing beach but tide rips can cause problems. There is a lifeguard service from Spring Bank Holiday Read more…

St Michael’s Mount, a rocky island crowned with medieval church and castle. One of England’s most famous and dramatic coastal attractions. The oldest surviving buildings date from the 12th century, when a Benedictine priory was founded here. Accessible on foot at low tide across a causeway, at other times it is reached by a short boat trip. The island is Read more…

Owing its name to the unique howl heard when the wind filled the fissures of the rock, which is four miles south west of Lands End, or possibly too, because of the assumed shape of the rock to a wolf’s head, the station came into Trinity House history with the leasing to a Mr Henry Smith, the right to mark Read more…

Pedn Vounder beach is sandy with the cliffs of Treryn Dinas. The eastern headland of the beach is the location of Logan’s Rock, a rectangular block of granite which can be rocked back and forth by one person. At high tide, the beach disappears. As the name suggests ‘pedn’ (head, end) and ‘vounder’ (road) this is a beach with no Read more…

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…

Cape Cornwall (Cornish: “Pen Kernow”) is a small headland four miles north of Land’s End near the town of St Just. Cape Cornwall was once thought to be the most westerly point in mainland England, however following accurate surveying Land’s End was found to be the most westerly point instead. Cape Cornwall is the approximate point at which Atlantic currents Read more…