The Beaches of North Cornwall - N28 - Bossiney

OS Explorer Map 111 Bude, Boscastle & Tintagel

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Location: North Coast - 1 mile east of Tintagel

Approaching Bossiney Haven from the east

Bossiney beach nestles below high cliffs. There is no beach at high tide and only a small amount of coarse shingle, sand and boulders at low tide. Access can be quite difficult. The beach is watered on its western side by a waterfall tumbling down from the cliffs above. Care is required when choosing your resting place as parts of the cliff face are highly fractured. To the left of the cove lies the strangely shaped Elephant Rock - looking like a drinking elephant under the right lighting conditions. There are fine cliff walks west over Willapark and Gullastem to Barras Nose and Tintagel and east over Bossiney Common towards Trevalga and Boscastle.

Benoath Cove at low tide