Photos of Portheras Cove
and its surroundings

Boat Cove is a great place to watch the waves. This photograph was taken in April on a windy day a couple of hours before high tide.

In the background is the nearby beach of Portheras Cove that can be accessed by a short walk (1 km) along the coast path.

Sighted at least four dolphins swimming off Boat Cove and Portheras Cove on the 4th June 2018. These two were swimming together.

Portheras is an isolated cove with a sandy beach. It can be accessed via the coast path by parking near Pendeen Lighthouse or from the small car park at Lower Chypraze Farm.

The beach is dog friendly all year round but please be a responsible dog owner and clear up after your pet.

Tucked away at the end of a valley, this lovely beach can be reached from walking the coast path from Pendeen Lighthouse for about 1 km or from public footpath from Chypraze Farm.

For a map showing where to park please follow the link to our Portheras Cove page.

Portheras Cove on a windy day in April.

For details of where to park please follow the link to our Portheras Cove page

During a walk in March, we spotted several seals in the area of Portheras Cove, Boat Cove and Pendeen Lighthouse.

Seal spotted between Pendeen Lighthouse and Boat Cove on the Land's End Peninsula

Cornwall's coast path is alive with wildflowers, colourful moths and butterflies and fantastic coastal scenery and beaches. Portheras Cove is on the north coast of the Land's End peninsula. The Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) starts life as the familiar black and yellow striped caterpillar often seen on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris). Here its moth is perched on a Scabious flower.