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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: 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 🙂

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Coastal Walks Cornwall: Porthcurno to Porthgwarra

Coastal Walk Cornwall - Porthcurno Beach to Porthgwarra Beach

Coastal Walk Cornwall - Porthcurno Beach to Porthgwarra Beach

It was a beautiful day in Cornwall yesterday, so we packed our sandwiches and took to the coast path for the round trip walk from Porthcurno beach to Porthgwarra beach. Along the way we passed the world famous Minack Theatre, Porthchapel Beach and St Levans Church and Well. Here’s our photo journey.

Gorgeous view over Porthcurno beach from the coastal path

 

 

Steep steps along the coastal path from Porthcurno beach to the Minack Theatre

Above: The coastal path from Porthcurno beach to the Minack Theatre is breathtaking, but very steep and precarious, with no safety rails. We would advise any one who is not a confident walker / hiker to take the alternative route along the main road from Porthcurno car park.

Coastal path signs in Minack theatre car park

Above: When you reach the Minack Theatre, walk through the car park and you will see a signposted gate where the coastal path continues.

View of Porthchapel beach

Above: Once you walk around the first point you are greeted by the beautiful, unspoilt Porthchapel beach. At the top, there’s lots of big rocks you can sit on and watch the world go by.

Steep way down to Porthchapel beach

Above: The journey down to Porthchapel beach is not for the faint hearted. There’s no pathway, just steep rocks that have been formed into native looking steps.

Porthchapel beach

Above: You’re rewarded once you get down onto the sand though! Sheltered unspoilt beach with soft golden sand.

Porthchapel beach

Above: Trying to remember the path back up to the path!

gorgeous view along the coastal path

Could you ever get bored of this view?

Porthgwarra Beach in Cornwall - 360º Beaches

Once you make it to Porthgwarra, you can’t help but admire it’s beauty. It’s such a lovely place – small but perfectly formed 🙂 Back in the day, it used to be a busy fishing cove, but not many boats fish from here now. Dotted around the beach, are lovely reminders of times gone by, such as the winch to pull boats up out of the tide, hooks to tie the boats down and most fascinating of all – the man made tunnels cut out of the rocks…

Seaweed Tunnels in Porthgwarra Beach in West Cornwall - 360º beaches

Above – These fascinating man-made tunnels that cut through the rocks were blasted out using explosives by the local miners, enabling farmers to transport seaweed from the beach using horse and cart, which was then used as fertiliser.

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Above – The second of the tunnels was used to access

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Porthgwarra Beach Cafe - 360º beaches

Above – Just before you leave for the trip back, theres a lovely little beach cafe waiting for you – The perfect pit stop refreshment before heading back to Porthcurno 🙂