Perranuthnoe Beach
9 April 2026
This is a nice secluded spot where you're usually in with a good chance of catching a few waves.
Beaches near Hayle
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Perranuthnoe Beach
This is a nice secluded spot where you're usually in with a good chance of catching a few waves.
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Lelant Beach
This beach offers the finest golden yellow sand. The esturary runs to the sea making the divide between HayleTowans and Lelant beach. Please note it is not safe to swim in the estuary and it is prohibited because of strong currents.
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Carbis Bay Beach
Just outside St Ives, surrounded by hills for protection, is a popular sheltered family holiday beach.
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Longrock Beach
This safe family beach is just a couple of miles from Penzance town centre. Parking is available in Longrock village, or it is a pleasant stroll from Penzance train station along the path that runs beside the railway line. Great views across Mount's Bay of St Micheal's Mount, which can be reached from neighbouring Marazion Beach.
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Marazion Beach
About a mile long, Marazion beach is a safe, family beach with ample parking and amenities, including a children's play area on the green and some good beachside pubs too. At low tide, you can walk across the stone causeway to the impressive island castle of St Micheal's Mount. At high tide a ferry runs between the beach and the island.
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Porthminster Beach
This large, sheltered, sandy St Ives beach is great for families, close to all facilities and home to the excellent Porthminister Beach Cafe.
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Gwithian Towans
Miles and miles of the flattest, golden sand make Gwithian popular amongst kitebuggyers and horse riders. Dramatic cliffs and windswept sand dunes give this beach real wilderness appeal.
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Porthmeor Beach
Just below the crazy white geometry of the Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach is a busy slice of seaside life. Surfing, sunbathing, beach cricket, sandcastles, ice creams - grab a piece of the action.
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Porthkidney Beach
This large expanse of sand next to Hayle Estuary is popular with dog walkers. The dunes back onto the village of Lelant, where the path from St Uny church links up to the South West Coast Path, giving access to the beach and estuary via the dunes.
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Godrevy Beach
At low tide this stretch of beach joins up with neighbouring Gwithian to create a long, impressive swathe of sand. It is fairly exposed, so can be quite windy. The lighthouse at it's northern tip was made famous in Virginia Woolfe's 'To The Lighthouse'.
Beaches near Hayle
'With miles of stunning Beaches near Hayle we have listed 27 of the very best beaches Hayle has to offer. Exclusively reviewed by people who have been there.'
Lelant Beach
14 September 2025
This beach offers the finest golden yellow sand. The esturary runs to the sea making the divide between HayleTowans and Lelant beach. Please note it is not safe to swim in the estuary and it is prohibited because of strong currents.
Carbis Bay Beach
31 July 2023
Just outside St Ives, surrounded by hills for protection, is a popular sheltered family holiday beach.
Longrock Beach
15 March 2023
This safe family beach is just a couple of miles from Penzance town centre. Parking is available in Longrock village, or it is a pleasant stroll from Penzance train station along the path that runs beside the railway line. Great views across Mount's Bay of St Micheal's Mount, which can be reached from neighbouring Marazion Beach.
Marazion Beach
14 July 2020
About a mile long, Marazion beach is a safe, family beach with ample parking and amenities, including a children's play area on the green and some good beachside pubs too. At low tide, you can walk across the stone causeway to the impressive island castle of St Micheal's Mount. At high tide a ferry runs between the beach and the island.
Porthminster Beach
18 August 2019
This large, sheltered, sandy St Ives beach is great for families, close to all facilities and home to the excellent Porthminister Beach Cafe.
Gwithian Towans
6 June 2012
Miles and miles of the flattest, golden sand make Gwithian popular amongst kitebuggyers and horse riders. Dramatic cliffs and windswept sand dunes give this beach real wilderness appeal.
Porthmeor Beach
30 May 2012
Just below the crazy white geometry of the Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach is a busy slice of seaside life. Surfing, sunbathing, beach cricket, sandcastles, ice creams - grab a piece of the action.
Porthkidney Beach
15 April 2012
This large expanse of sand next to Hayle Estuary is popular with dog walkers. The dunes back onto the village of Lelant, where the path from St Uny church links up to the South West Coast Path, giving access to the beach and estuary via the dunes.
Godrevy Beach
20 January 2010
At low tide this stretch of beach joins up with neighbouring Gwithian to create a long, impressive swathe of sand. It is fairly exposed, so can be quite windy. The lighthouse at it's northern tip was made famous in Virginia Woolfe's 'To The Lighthouse'.