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Falmouth’s Beaches

As well as being a bustling maritime town, Falmouth is also home to 4 beautiful beaches. Located on the south side of the town, Falmouth’s beaches are all within walking distance of each other and connected via the coastal path, making it easy to ‘beach hop’ to your favourite. Starting at Maenporth, we travelled North along the coast path to nearby Swanpool beach, then on to Gyllyngvase Beach and last but not least Castle beach towards the tip of Falmouth Pendennis Point. Below is some photos from our journey showing you the beaches and the beautiful views along the way.

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falmouth-beaches-walk-cornwall_0011_Layer 8 Gyllyngvase beach - Falmouth's beaches

Gyllyngvase is Falmouth’s largest and most popular beach.

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Castle beach and Pendennis Point in Falmouth Cornwall

Castle beach and Pendennis Point, home to the impressive Pendennis Castle, an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in 1540.

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Coastal Walks Cornwall: Constantine Bay to Harlyn Bay

Dream house overlooking Mother Iveys Bay beach

Parking: Small car park on Constantine Bay
Terrain: Moderate. Steps leaving Constantine Bay and Approaching Trevose Lighthouse
Toilets: Seasonal toilets in Constantine Bay car park and Harlyn Bay.
Duration: Allow 2-3 hours

Coastal walk from Constantine Bay to Harlyn Bay North Cornwall

Constantine Bay beach near Padstow in North Cornwall

Beautiful Constantine Bay beach in North Cornwall

View of Steps from Constantine Bay beach leading to Booby's Bay

Steps from Constantine Bay along to Booby’s bay

Boobys Bay near Padstow in North Cornwall

Booby’s Bay

A view of Trevose Lighthouse

The impressive Trevose head lighthouse, perched on top of 150ft granite cliffs guiding ships trading in the Bristol channel.

Steps leading to Trevose Lighthouse

Steps up to Trevose Lighthouse.

Trevose head Lighthouse near Padstow in North Cornwall

Check our our spectacular aerial video of Padstow‘s beaches and surrounding areas that also features Trevose lighthouse and the RNLI lifeboat Station

 

Coastal path along Trevose Head North Cornwall

The view out to sea from the coast path along the tip of Trevose Headland.

Fantastic views over Polventon Bay from Trevose head

Spectacular views looking across Polventon Bay and Mother Ivey’s Bay.

A view of the beautiful Padstow RNLI Lifeboat Station

A view of the award winning Padstow RNLI Lifeboat Station.

Looking towards Mother Iveys Bay

Cove after cove after cove…Inaccessible with untouched sand 🙂

An empty Mother Iveys Bay beach looking towards the Padstow RNLI Lifeboat Station

Footprints on the sand on Mother Ivey’s bay looking out over Polventon Bay across to the Padstow RNLI lifeboat Station.

An empty Mother Iveys Bay beach looking towards the Padstow RNLI Lifeboat Station

Mother Ivey’s Bay beach to myself 🙂

Dream house overlooking Mother Iveys Bay beach

More house envy! And this one is for sale too!

A bench overlooking Polventon Bay

Contender for ‘best bench view’ of the year?

gorgeous cottage overlooking Polventon Bay in North Cornwall
Serious house envy! Complete with private beach and slipway…

Secluded bay and cottage overlooking Polventon Bay in North Cornwall Waves on Harlyn Bay near Padstow North Cornwall

Waves coming in on Harlyn Bay beach

Harlyn Bay in North Cornwall near Padstow

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Coastal walks Cornwall: Polzeath to Daymer Bay

coastal walk from Polzeath to Daymer Bay North Cornwall

Map of our coastal walk from Polzeath to Daymer Bay in North Cornwall

Parking: Polzeath and Daymer Bay both have parking near to the beach
Terrain: Easy. Steps down to Greenaway Beach
Toilets: Located in Polzeath and Daymer Bay (seasonal)
Refreshments: Lots of shops / cafes in Polzeath. Daymer bay beach shop (seasonal)
Duration: Allow 1-2 hours

Polzeath beach, North Cornwall

Above: Low tide on Polzeath beach

Gorgeous views out to see and towards the iconic Daymark on Stepper Point.

Above: The bounciest grass EVER!

Stay nearby: Our top accommodation Pick…St Moritz Hotel

Our top accommodation pick is the beautiful St Moritz hotel, located within 5 minutes of Polzeath and Daymer Bay with stunning views overlooking the Camel Estuary and Atlantic ocean.

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coastal walk from Polzeath to Daymer Bay North Cornwall

Above: The beautiful view looking out across the estuary towards Stepper Point headland with its iconic ‘Daymark’ chimney, built as a navigation beacon for seafarers.

coastal walk from Polzeath to Daymer Bay North Cornwall

Above: Lots of benches along the walk to sit and watch the world go by 🙂

coastal walk from Polzeath to Daymer Bay North Cornwall

Above: A yacht sailing into the Camel Estuary. That’s how to live!

coastal walk from Polzeath to Daymer Bay North Cornwall

Above: Steps down to Greenaway Beach. Greenaway beach is dog friendly all year, handy during the summer months when Polzeath’s dog restrictions come into force. Daymer Bay beach is also dog friendly all year.

Sitting down at Daymer Bay, North Cornwall

Above: Arrived at Daymer Bay 🙂 If you have time we would definitely recommend that you keep going through Daymer Bay and (if the tide is out) walk along the sandy banks of the Camel Estuary towards Rock and Padstow. It’s one of our favourite walks 🙂