Fistral Beach
Newquay, if not Cornwall's, most popular beach and at the very heart of the British surfing scene.
The beach is a wide expanse of golden sand with the headlands of Pentire and Towan to the south and north respectively. On the Towan headland, overlooking the beach, is the imposing victorian bulk of the Headlands hotel.
Fistral is often dived up into three areas: South Fistral, the main beach and Little Fistral. The first two are fairly self explanatory, Little Fistral is the norhtern most part of the beach and is only really there at low tide.
Type of beach
Sandy
Lifeguard service
RNLI lifeguard seasonal cover daily from Easter Bank Holiday to end of October
Dogs friendly beach?
Dogs allowed all year
Disabled access
There is easy access from the car park which has disabled spaces. Disabled toilets and sand chair available from Fistral Surf Hire Shop - 01637 850584
Postcode
TR7 1HY
OS grid ref.
SW 8004 6219
Facilities
The northern end of Fistral is awash with facilities including the Surf Centre, toilets, cafes, surfboard and wetsuit hire and a nearby golf course
Parking
There is a 250 space car park at Fistral - the charges vary throughout the year
Fistral Beach Reviews
Family and dog friendly beach
Debs Bound
Aug 25th 2021Lovely Sandy beach with kids and dogs playing together, everyone looked so happy and relaxed. I did not witness any dog poo on the beach, some humans had left their rubbish behind though.
We were lucky and arrived at low tide so walked from one end of the beach to the other. A pleasant place to be
Will definitely return for more visits. Please don’t ban dogs from the beaches it had a much better atmosphere with families spending time with their kids and pets
Dog shit on beach
EdH
Jun 24th 2021This is really not good enough. Its about time dogs were kept off the beach in the summer season. Completely spoilt the experience of this otherwise wonderful beach.
Holywell Bay
Ruredigirl
Jun 05th 2021The first time I visited Holywell Bay I was about 12 and the place where we stayed was above the local shop which served ice creams, postcards and novelty items for the beach. The sand dunes we’re totally unspoilt and there wasn’t very many people which was perfect. Nobody left their rubbish about back then in ‘81. Then the last time I went in “87 tourism had taken a hold of this once tranquil private place where rubbish blew in the wind. Humans are like locusts sapping the life and spoiling beautiful places ????????