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Padstow
Padstow Padstow is a working fishing port and a haven for yachts as it is an easily navigable harbour sheltered by the Camel Estuary. Padstow has become well known in recent tim...
Penzance
Penzance Penzance is an ancient market town and port. Penzance has a long promenade which runs from the quay westward to Newlyn. At the eastern end of the promenade is the Jubil...
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Padstow
Padstow Padstow is a working fishing port and a haven for yachts as it is an easily navigable harbour sheltered by the Camel Estuary. Padstow has become well known in recent tim...
Pendower Beach
NO RNLI Lifeguards are on duty
Penlee Lifeboat
Penlee RNLI The Lifeboats Ivan Ellen - Severn Class Lifeboat Mollie and Ivor Dent - Atlantic 85 (B Class) The Lifeboat Station Penlee has a remarkable history of bravery with th...
Penzance
Penzance Penzance is an ancient market town and port. Penzance has a long promenade which runs from the quay westward to Newlyn. At the eastern end of the promenade is the Jubil...
Perran Sands Beach
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Perranporth
Perranporth Perranporth has several miles of soft sandy beach. This beach is regularly used by surfers and kite surfers. The name Perranporth is derived from St Piran - one of t...
Perranuthnoe
Perranuthnoe Perranuthnoe is a small unspoilt village to the east of Marazion. Up until 1900 the main industry at Perranuthnoe was mining and several tin and copper mines were s...
Poldhu Cove Beach
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Polperro
Polperro Polperro is a quaint fishing harbour and village between Looe and Fowey. Much of the streets in Polperro are very narrow and in the summer months are prohibited to traf...
Polurrian Cove Beach
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Polzeath
Polzeath Polzeath has a wonderful beach for surfing. It is approximately ½ kilometer wide and almost goes out as far on a low spring tide. The beach is very flat and sandy makin...
Port Isaac
Port Isaac Port Isaac is a charming working fishing village with a pretty harbour and white washed cottages. Much of the television series 'Doc Martin' was filmed in Port Isaac....
Porth Beach
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Porthallow
Porthallow Like many of the coastal villages around Cornwall, Porthallow was once a busy fishing port where pilchards were the main catch. A few fishing boats still remain at Po...
Porthcothan
Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is a narrow sheltered cove with a lovely sandy beach which at low tide joins up with smaller areas of sand to form a really great place to explore ro...
Porthcurno
Porthcurno Porthcurno beach is sheltered by the Logan Rock headland (shown below). It's beach is renowned for it's white crushed seashells. The open air theatre - The Minack The...
Porthkidney Beach
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Porthleven
Porthleven Porthleven is a working fishing port on the south coast. The historic outer harbour was completed in 1825 and then an inner harbour was added in 1858. This is due to...
Porthluney Beach
NO RNLI Lifeguards are on duty
Porthmeor Beach
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Porthminster Beach
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Portholland
Portholland The beach joins East and West Portholland. The beach is covered at high tide. Caerhays Caerhays is a private beach but is easily accessible. It is mainly pebbly. Por...
Porthoustock
Porthoustock Porthoustock was originally a fishing village but in the late 19th Century the main focus was as a port for the local stone quarries. At one end of the beach is a l...
Porthpean Beach
NO RNLI Lifeguards are on duty
Porthtowan
Porthowan Porthowan has a very large sandy beach with is great for surfing. The engine house standing on the cliff serves as a reminder of Porthtowan’s history is as a mining vi...
Portloe
Portloe Portloe has a quaint little harbour and is located just east of Veryan. A couple of fishing boats work out of Portloe and mainly catch shellfish. A lifeboat was statione...
Portreath
Portreath The fishing port of Portreath is built around the harbour. There is a lovely sandy beach to the west of the harbour. In the 19th century Portreath was a very important...
Portscatho
Portscatho Portscatho is a small fishing port situated on the east coast of the Roseland peninsula in Gerrans Bay. Being on the east side of the peninsula means that it is shelt...
Praa Sands
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Rock
Rock Situated in the Camel Estuary, Rock is a haven for boating and other watersports. The sand dunes to the west of Rock - The Rock Dunes - are a designated site of special sci...