Cornwall Beaches & Beaches on the Isles of Scilly

Cornwall has over 150 beautiful beaches, most of these are within easy reach of a town or accessible by car, while other beaches are more isolated, tucked away and require a walk to reach them.

Cornwall has beaches for swimming and watersports, sandy beaches of soft golden sand, beaches for sunbathing where you can lie and relax, beaches for families, beaches with rock pools to explore, teeming with life, beaches bordered by towans (sand dunes) and beaches where you can take your dog walking.

The variety of Cornwall's beaches is immense. Some are long, extending for over a mile (km), while others are in small sheltered coves bounded by fantastic granite or slate cliffs.

Beaches vary depending on the area of Cornwall. On the South coast, the cliffs are generally less steep with luxurious plant growth while on the North coast many beaches have impressive cliffs or sand dunes.

Whichever part of Cornwall you are visiting, whether it's the Land's End Peninsula, Lizard Peninsula, Truro - Falmouth Area, Redruth - St Agnes Area, St Austell - Fowey Area, Looe & South East Cornwall, Newquay - Padstow area, Tintagel & North Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, you will find many beautiful beaches to choose from.

We provide comprehensive information for each beach in Cornwall including details of parking, toilets and other facilities, lifeguard cover, Blue Flag awards, dog free or dogs allowed, distance from the nearest car park or nearest town, accessibility, good for swimming, surfing or other watersports, tide times.

Beaches in Cornwall by Area

Beaches on the Land's End Peninsula Beaches on the Lizard Peninsula Beaches in Redruth - St Agnes Area Beaches in Truro - Falmouth Area   Beaches in Newquay - Padstow Area Beaches in St Austell - Fowey Area Beaches in Looe and South East Cornwall Beaches in Tintagel and North Cornwall Beaches on the Isles of Scilly

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Cornwall holiday accommodation directory search for hotels, holiday cottages, B&Bs, camp sites, self catering.  All areas Advent Altarnun Ashton Blisland Bodmin Bodmin Moor Area Boscastle Botallack Breage Bude Cadgwith Camborne Camelford Cape Cornwall Carbis Bay Cardinham Carlyon Bay Cawsand and Kingsand Chacewater Chapel Porth Charlestown Constantine Cot Valley Crackington Haven Crantock Delabole Devoran Falmouth Fowey Germoe Gerrans Grampound Gulval Gunwalloe Gwennap Gwithian Harlyn Bay Hayle Helford Helford River Helston Holywell Bay Isles of Scilly Kennack Sands Kilkhampton Kingsand and Cawsand Lamorna Land's End Land's End Peninsula Launceston Lelant Liskeard Lizard Lizard Peninsula Looe Looe and South East Cornwall Lostwithiel Madron Malpas Manaccan Marazion Mawgan Mawnan and Mawnan Smith Mevagissey Minions Morvah Morwenstow Mount's Bay Mousehole Mullion Mylor Newlyn Newquay Newquay - Padstow Area Padstow Paul Penberth Pendeen Penryn Penzance Perranporth Perranuthnoe Polperro Polruan Port Isaac Porthcurno Porthgwarra Porthleven Porthtowan Portreath Portscatho Portwrinkle Praa Sands Probus Redruth Redruth - St Agnes Area Rosudgeon Saltash Sancreed Sennen St Agnes St Anthony Head St Austell St Austell - Fowey Area St Breward St Buryan St Cleer St Columb Major St Dennis St Erth St Ervan St Germans St Ives St Just in Penwith St Just in Roseland St Martin's Isles of Scilly St Mawes St Mawgan St Neot Stithians Stratton Tintagel Tintagel and North Cornwall Torpoint Towednack Trevone Treyarnon Bay Truro Truro - Falmouth Area Tywardreath Wadebridge Watergate Bay Whitsand Bay Widemouth Bay Zennor All accommodation types Hostels, Surf Lodges B&B / Guest Houses Caravan Parks Cottage Collections Farm Holidays Cottages, Self Catering Holiday Parks Hotels Inn, Pub accommodation Properties to Rent Campsites & Touring Parks    Extra Options   Baby care equipment Bar/Licensed Beach within walking distance Bike Hire Available Biker Friendly Child discount available Childrens facilities Conference venue Cots Provided Countryside/Rural Disabled access Electric Vehicle Charging Point Electric hook-ups Family and children Games room Gardens Green / Eco friendly Group friendly Gym facilities Hen/Stag Friendly Hot Tub Laundry Facilities Linen Provided Live entertainment Long Let / to rent Open all year Parking Pets welcome Restaurant/Cafe Sea views Shop Smokers welcome Spa Sports facilities Swimming pool Wedding venue Weekend/short breaks Wi-fi/Internet Access Woodburner / Open Fire

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Maps of Cornwall :

The Ordnance Survey publishes the Explorer series of maps which are ideal for walkers.

Scale 1 : 25 000
2.5 inches to 1 mile /
4cm to 1km.

Available in local bookshops or click on the links below to order online.

Those covering Cornwall:

For more information: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk