The full guide
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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.
