Online Interactive Guide to Dog-Friendly West Cornwall Beaches

Below is a comprehensive list of West Cornwall beaches, arranged alphabetically by their Dog rules. This list covers just the West Cornwall beaches from, but not including, St. Ives, to Praa Sands at the east end of Mounts Bay.
There are 5 groups: Dogs welcome all year; Banned Easter day to 1st October All day;
Banned Easter day to 1st October 7AM to 7PM; Banned May through September 8AM to 7PM and finally never allowed. The dog lovers must also understand that there are good reasons for disallowing dogs, such as working harbours, etc. Also some of us humans may not want to always be around doggies and that is OK too! So that is why all are included here.

The list’s second column has any special notes; a Google map reference link; UK Ordnance Survey map grid reference and the closest post code to be found. Plug the OS grid map reference code into OS Opendata Viewer or the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map sites or use with your paper OS maps to locate the beaches.


Also please be a responsible dog owner and clean up after your dog(s).


Scroll down for the West Cornwall beaches or click the links below for other regional beach listings:

All Cornwall

North Cornwall

North Cornish Coast

The Lizard & Falmouth

Cornish Riviera

South East Cornwall

All Devon

(Marsland Mouth - the River Camel)

(Padstow – St. Ives)

(Rinsey Head - Fal River)

(St. Mawes – Fowey)

(Fowey – Torpoint)

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West Cornwall

Dogs welcome all year.

Dogs Not allowed Easter day – 1 Oct

All Day

Dogs Not Allowed May – Sept

8am-7pm

Dogs never allowed

The Beaches Notes
Google map ref
OS grid ref
Post Code
The Beaches Notes
Google map ref
OS grid ref
Post Code
The Beaches Notes
Google map ref
OS grid ref
Post Code
The Beaches Notes
Google map ref
OS grid ref
Post Code
Boat Cove (Pendeen)



+50.164904,-5.662568
SW385358
TR19 7ED


MarazionFrom Long Rock to Chapel Rock level crossing +50.127988,-5.488021
SX508311
TR20 8JD
Mousehole
(Inside harbour)
+50.083013,-5.538549
SW469262
TR19 6PL
Clodgy Point
(St. Ives)

+50.220366,-5.495746
SW507414
TR26 3AA


7am-7pm
Mousehole
(Outside harbour)
+50.084114,-5.536618
SW471264
TR19 6PL


Cot Valley Beach
& Porth Naven
(Nr St. Just)
+50.119165,-5.700535
SW358307
TR19 7NT
Praa Sands
(Nr Marazion)

+50.101514,-5.384939
SW581278
TR20 9RD
Penzance



+50.122864,-5.530599
SW479308
TR18 2NG


Eastern Green
(Penzance)



+50.126612,-5.516603
SW486309
TR18 3AR


Perranuthnoe
(Perran Sands – two words!)
(Mounts Bay)
+50.112121,-5.441409
SW539291
TR26 9NE



Gunards Head
Treen Cove
(Nr St. Ives)



+50.189171,-5.594888
SW435383
TR26 34DE


Porthchapel
(St. Levan)
(Nr Porthcurno)



Partial ban, below high water mark.
+50.039341,-5.65807
SW381218
TR18 6JS
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Gwynver
(Gwenver?)
(Nr Sennen)
Car parking on cliffs
+50.089235,-5.689251
SW361276
TR19 7BE


Porthcurno


+50.042924,-5.650302
SW387222
TR19 6JX
Hor Point
(Nr St. Ives)

+50.218801,-5.508621
SW497412



Porthgwarra
(Between Porthcurno & Lands End)
+50.03697,-5.672039
SW371216
TR19 6JR
Kenneggy Sands
(Nr Goldsithney off A394)
+50.103905,-5.411028
SW561282
TR20 9BB


Sennen Cove and Harbour

+50.081084,-5.694358
SW358268
TR19 7DG
Lamorna Cove
(Nr Penzance)

+50.062474,-5.563592
SW450241
TR19 6XQ




Longrock
(Nr Penzance)

+50.127575,-5.502012
SW497310
TR20 8JD




Nanjizal
(Nanjzel?)
(Nr Porthcurno)
+50.053809,-5.692617
SW357235
TR19 6JZ




Pedn Vounder
(Treen, Nr Porthcurno)





Difficult access from cliffs. Unofficial Naturist beach.
+50.043865,-5.642345
SW393223
TR19 6LG




Penberth Cove
(Nr Treen, St. Buryan)

+50.047485,-5.629252
SW403226
TR19 6HJ




Piskies or Pisky Cove
(Nr Goldsithney off A394)

Park @ Prussia Cove
+50.099514,-5.421542
SW553277
TR20 9BB



Portheras Cove
(Between Pendeen and Morvah, Nr St Just)
+50.164134,-5.657963
SW388357
TR20 8YT (nearby)



Porthkidney
(Hayle)

+50.195875,-5.445027
SW541385
TR26 3



Porth Naven & Cot Valley Beach
(Nr St. Just)
+50.119165,-5.700535
SW358307
TR19 7NT




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Priests Cove Cape Cornwall
(Nr St. Just)
+50.126154,-5.706114
SW351316
TR19 7NN




Progo Beach
(Park at Cot Valley)
(Nr St. Just)
+50.114918,-5.69998
SW356304
TR19 7RD




Prussia Cove
(Nr Goldsithney off A394)
+50.101083,-5.417615
SW556279
TR20 9BB




Roskilly or Skilly
(Newlyn)

+50.094682,-5.538486
SW470275
TR19 6QT




Salt Ponds
(Mousehole)

+50.085249,-5.535801
SW471265
TR19 6QD




Treen Cove
Gunards Head

+50.189171,-5.594888
SW435383
TR26 34DE




Wherry Town
Larigan river to Newlyn
+50.109193,-5.546472
SW466292
TR18 5PZ






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