Par Sands Beach

Beautiful and large beach.  Love that dogs are allowed access all year - a rarity in this part of the country (especially in emmet season).

An inclusive friendly beach for dog owners and children alike.  Good for swimming and evening dog walks.
Like most beaches there will always be those few people who don’t keep their dogs and children under control or take their litter away. Overall a great family beach.

What improvement. Main east car park now pothole free with tarmac tracks around site . Beach is as it’s always been - natural. If you don’t like seaweed why are you at the beach.

Extortionate car park charge for a very uneven pothole filled area, very poor as to what it used to be, ruined my childhood memories when I returned

Went to the site last week delighted to see dogs allowed and no charge for parking. I note other reviewers comments on rubbish on the beach but I’m afraid that’s modern uk we picked as much as we could. We were lucky with the weather

Went in January as we were at the Eden Project. Expected a cold windy, wintery day, but still nice. Very clean, bins available, safe dog walking, plenty of shells and smooth sand. Sheep on the green. The car park was full of pot holes, but easy to dodge. Parking was average cost, but get there later in the day and you pay up to late afternoon, then it is free. I am sure it is lovely in the summer.

This is a lively beach that is safe for even the smallest children. Compared to busy beaches like Perranporth where you struggle to find space either in the sand or in the water, this is spacious and quiet. Gentle water with very gradual incline to depth. Coffee available at car park as well as ice cream can.

My favourite beach has to be Par Beach. I love it so much that I’ve sat for hours there before.

Great now road has had pot holes covered and a nice flat 1 waybsystem put in.  Lovely time spent on beach, especially after 5 its free parking. Kids would love itbas little stream that goes down tonsea that they can play in.  Rubbish bins are usually full but if you take rubbish home or to wherever you stay with you there’s no problem

Great beach, great for crabbing, swimming and water sports. There’s a place to get coffee, rent a kayak and get ice cream. It’s also dog friendly which is great, one thing that made me chuckle about other reviews were the seaweed comments.. it’s a beach right?

full of rotting seaweed and bits of plastic.  Hated it.

Nicely textured sand - not too fine so easy to wash off afterwards.

Unbelievable amount of seaweed where the water meets the beach - quite slimy and disgusting.

Pretty sights to the left of the beach, but a bit industrial on the harbour side.

Overall impression is “OK, but I wouldn’t specifically seek it out”.

Kids liked it, though.

Just trying to eat lunch with dogs running loose with small children not ideal.
4 dogs 4 owners ...dogs running up so not ideal…better beaches for families with out pets. If you are hopeless controlling your dog you will fit in nicely.