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St Just - Cape Cornwall
Cape Cornwall is one of the most westerly points of Cornwall being only a few miles north of Lands End. There is a National Trust car park at the cape from where you walk down to Priest Cove. Priest Cove is a rocky cove that is home to a selection of small fishing boats and fishing huts used by the fishermen. A cape is the place where two bodies of water meet.
Pendeen
Pendeen has a lighthouse and a nearby cove called Portheras - this is only accessible by foot - car park at Pendeen lighthouse and then approx 1 mile to cove.
Sea Fishing in St Just area
At night very large conger can be caught off the headlands and rocks around this area. During the daytime large pollack, bass, pouting, wrasse and even John Dory have been caught here.
Common questions
- Where is St Just?
- St Just, or St Just in Penwith, is the most westerly town in mainland Britain, lying near Land's End on the West Penwith coast of Cornwall, a short way west of Penzance.
- What is St Just known for?
- St Just is known for its rich tin and copper mining heritage on the Land's End peninsula and for nearby Cape Cornwall, one of the most westerly points in the country.
- What is Cape Cornwall?
- Cape Cornwall is a rugged headland just beyond St Just, a few miles north of Land's End. There is a National Trust car park from which a path leads down to Priest Cove, a rocky cove with small fishing boats and fishermen's huts.
- What is there to do around St Just?
- You can explore Cape Cornwall and Priest Cove, walk the dramatic coast path past former mine workings, and visit Pendeen with its lighthouse and the remote Portheras Cove. The headlands are also noted for sea fishing.
- Is St Just worth visiting?
- Yes. For wild Atlantic scenery, fascinating mining history and the chance to stand at one of Britain's most westerly points, St Just and Cape Cornwall are well worth the trip.
