Beaches near Penzance

Map featuring Penzance beaches. Click on pins to view beach details

Looking for a beach near me? The Cornwall Beaches guide has 13 listed in and close to Penzance to choose from. We've put the beaches in order of nearest first, but none are more than a few miles from Penzance.

  • The beach in Penzance stretches for around a mile along the length of the Promenade. Mostly shingle with a few patches of sand there is only a beach here from mid to low tide. Low tide reveals a rocky landscape that should satisfy even the most avid of rock-poolers! It's also a good spot for snorkelling…

  • Like the neighbouring Promenade beach, Battery Rocks beach only exists on lower tides. Sitting between the historic South Pier and art deco Jubilee Pool this little stretch of sand and shingle is often overlooked. In fact it is empty more often than not. The only reason a lot of people know about it at all is…

  • Wherrytown beach is the large stretch of pebbles between Penzance and Newlyn. The beach is backed by Newlyn Green and the Newlyn Art Gallery to one end and a playpark, bowling green and basketball court to the other. A wide promenade also runs along the length of the beach.  There is always plenty of activity going…

  • Penzance's east beach starts at the appropriately named Station Rocks and follows the curve of Mount's bay to Longrock. What used to be one of Cornwall's most polluted beaches is now almost as clean as any thanks to South West Water's Clean Sweep program. The beaches gently sloping bottom and sheltered aspect makes it one…

  • Mainly pebble beach with a little sand, immediately below Newlyn Green, and close to Newlyn Orion Gallery.

  • This small beach on the edge of Newlyn is just past the fish market and quays. Despite also being known as Sandy Cove there is little in the way of sand here. The name most likely harks back to a time when the harbour and sea defences allowed for a build up of sand here.It…

  • Whilst being one of the prettiest fishing villages in Cornwall, Mousehole is not well known for its beaches. However, there are two beaches here - a pebbly/rocky beach with a small pool on the Newlyn side of town, in front of the Old Coastguard Hotel, and a wonderfully sandy little beach inside the famous harbour.Mousehole's…

  • A safe family beach with sand and pebbles. Favoured with Penzance locals as it is the most easily accessible stretch of sandy beach from town. There is also a good sized car park right on the beach making it an easy option.The best section of Longrock beach is on the Marazion side of the car…

  • Despite being situated in front of the popular village of Marazion and having ample parking and amenities the beach never really gets that busy. Mostly sand with a few pebbly patches, Marazion beach is an ideal family beach with safe, clean water, lifeguard patrol, the convenience of the nearby town and a good children's playground…

  • The picturesque little Lamorna Cove sits at the foot of a wooded valley between Mousehole and Porthcurno. To one side of the cove is a stout quay and slipway, while behind the beach are a peppering of granite cottages. Lamorna is the sort of place which wouldn't look out of place in an episode of…

  • Not an area for family beaches. Treen Cove is a short distance east of the headland, overlooked by the crumbling Chapel Jane. There are remains of Iron Age ramparts on the headland itself. The place has an atmosphere all of its own, perhaps best appreciated on a stormy day when the sea is crashing onto the…

  • St Loy is perhaps best known for its wooded valley leading down to the coast. This is a beautiful walk any time of year, but is possibly at its best when bluebells carpet the floor in early Spring.  It is at the bottom of this woodland walk that you will find the cove. It is a…

  • This secluded cove is set on the rugged West Cornwall coast between Land's End and St Ives. It is about as far removed from its namesake (Porthmeor beach) in St Ives as possible. Instead of the summer hordes it is a place of solitude.The foreshore is mainly composed of rounded rocks and boulders but towards…