Cornwall Beach Guide

List of Cornwall's beaches and information about them to help with your holiday stay in Cornwall.

Penzance Beach Guide

• Eastern Green Beach is sheltered with a sloping sea bed making it very safe for young children.
• Tolcarne Beach is a private popular beach with families and surfers, beach hut hire is very popular.
• Wherrytown Beach is a pebble beach which is safe for swimming.

Newquay Beach Guide

• Crantock's Beach is a large wide golden beach with tufted sand dunes, is a perfect picnic beach
• Fistral Beach is one of Newquays largest beaches, famous for hosting many surfing championships
• Great Western Beach is accessed via a steep slope, it has high cliffs
• Holywell Bay Beach is a large beach with plenty of space even at high tide, famous caves
• Mawgan Porth Beach is a large secluded golden beach
• Porth Beach is small sandy cove with easy disabled access and parking. Caves can be explored at low tide.
• Porth Joke Beach is a little beach between Kelsey Head and West Pentire
• The Harbour's Beach is a locals favourite, at high tide watch the days catch coming in, sightings of seals is possible
• Towan Beach is closest beach to Newquay centre, parking, rock pools, family favourite.
• Watergate Bay Beach is biggest and most spectacular in Newquay, well worth a visit, plenty of parking, equipment is for hire.
• Whipsiderry Beach is quiet and accessed via steps at clifftop

St Ives Beach Guide

• Carbis Bay Beach is large and sheltered by its cliffs, family safe beach with good facilities.
• Porthgwidden Beach has very good facilities close to St Ives centre.