The Cornish Riviera beaches
Map featuring The Cornish Riviera beaches. Click on pins to view beach details
The beach guide has 22 beaches listed in The Cornish Riviera.
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Set at the heart of St Austell Bay, Carlyon Bay is a stretch of almost 2 miles of coarse sand. Actually…
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Set in the relative shelter of Gerrans Bay on the picturesque Roseland Peninsula is Carne Beach. Along…
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Sandy beach with area of pebbles of geological interest. No dogs. There are a number of small caves…
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Private sandy beach with all year dog ban. Safe for swimming. Interesting geology.
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Gorran Haven is a pleasant sandy beach just in front of the village. It is fairly sheltered, sitting…
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The series of coves that are the Molunans are tucked away in the shelter of St Anthony Head with its…
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The lovely sandy beach of Great Perhaver is just around the corner from the popular Gorran Haven. But…
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This pretty little sandy beach is situated just to the west of Dodman Point on the Roseland Peninsula. The…
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Small sandy cove a couple of miles to the north-east of Nare Head on the Roseland Peninsula.
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Located about a quarter of a mile up the coast from the working harbour of Mevagissey is Polstreath…
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As the name suggests, Par Sands is a wide, sandy beach in Par, just outside St Austell. The-south facing…
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Pendower Beach is a lovely sandy, south facing beach in the heart of the Roseland Peninsula. Towards…
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A large stretch of near-white sand, Pentewan Sands is located between St Austell and the fishing village…
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Located at the far end of Carlyon Bay Polgaver was the first official nudist beach in Cornwall, inaugurated…
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Polkerris is a tiny hamlet, west of Fowey, down a winding lane past Kilmarth, the last home of Daphne…
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A stretch of golden sand about 500 metres long located on the farthest reaches of the Roseland Peninsula.…
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This is an isolated sandy beach backed by high cliffs close to Portscatho on the Roseland Peninsula.…
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Decent sized sandy beach which backs onto the grounds of Caerhays Castle and it's gardens. The beach…
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Portholland is in fact two beaches - East and West Portholland. At low tide they join up to form a wide…
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Porthpean is probably the best of St Austell's beaches, although a little on the small side. Backed…
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In a valley, just over the hill from Mevagissey is the little village of Portmellon. The beach here…
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Vault Beach is a sheltered beach to the eastern side of Dodman Point which reaches up 110 metres from…
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