The Beaches of North Cornwall - N29 - Rusey & Strangles

OS Explorer Map 111 Bude, Boscastle & Tintagel

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Location: North Coast - 2.5 miles northeast of Boscastle

Strangles looking North towards Northern Door Arch (high water)

Rusey beach lies below High Cliff, with a path leading down from Newton Farm to the shore. The beach is a mixture of sand and rocks at low water and is northwest facing.
The Strangles is a rather foreboding name for the small boulder-strewn beach just west of the triangular Samphire Rock. Many a ship has foundered here and a look at this coast in a winter gale will indicate why. The descent to the beach must be one of the longest and trickiest around as it lies 223 metres (731 feet) below the clifftop. Best seen, I feel, from the cliffs where you can make out the Samphire Rock, Northern Door Arch and the headland of Cambeak. There is No Swimming permitted at The Strangles and the return trip up the cliff path is an arduous one.

Northern Door Rock Arch on Strangles Beach