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The Beaches of South Cornwall - S14 - Porthleven Sands
This map is part of the Ordnance Survey's Explorer series designed to replace the old Pathfinder map series. At 1:25,000 scale this detailed map shows a host of attractions including gardens which are open to the public, nature reserves and country parks as well as all official footpaths, bridleways, roads and lanes. Other facilities covered include: camping and caravan sites, picnic areas and viewpoints, selected places of interest, rights of way information for England and Wales, National Trail and Recreational Path routes, and selected tourist information. The series is aimed mainly at the experienced map user but can be used by tourists and locals alike. Location: South Coast - 1 mile southwest of Helston
Porthleven Sands lie to the southeast of the village, to the left of the harbour - incidentally built in 1811. The sand is quite coarse and is almost like very fine shingle in character. There is a good cliff walk southeast to Loe Bar passing the Tye Rock Hotel. The area is undergoing erosion like a lot of the south coast so please take care and stay on the well marked paths. Swimming is dangerous here and is banned at Loe Bar due to offshore currents. It looks possible to walk between the two beaches at low tide but this is not really advisable unless you know the area well and all the exit routes up from the beach.. From Loe Bar the shingle becomes more flinty in nature as it runs the three miles or so southeast to Gunwalloe. Once again it is inadvisable to take the beach route to Gunwalloe unless you truly know the state of the tide.
Facilities
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Nearby accommodation B & BsChydane (4 km) Halftides (8 km) Glendower B&B (4 km) Ennys (10 km) Ednovean Farm (10 km) Halzephron Inn (4 km) Merther Uny Farm (8 km)  Caravans and CampingKenneggy Cove Holiday Park, Penzance (8 km) Mullion Holiday Park, Mullion (10 km) Poldown Caravan and Camping Park, Helston (5 km) Boscreege Caravan and Camping Park, Helston (6 km) CottagesFisherman's Cottage, Porthleven (6 km) Rose Cottage, Helston (3 km) Carter's Loft, Porthleven (0 km) The Stable, Helston (2 km) Swallows Barn, Helston (2 km) Trescowe: Pendarves, Praa Sands (8 km) Chy-an-Gwel, Helston (4 km) Bluebell Cottage, Mullion (8 km) Angelica, Mullion (8 km) Candytuft Cottage, Mullion (8 km) Woodford Cottage, Penzance (8 km) Coachmans, Praa Sands (6 km) Windmill, Praa Sands (6 km) The Mowey Barn, Helston (8 km) Burnoon Barn, Garras (7 km) Meadow View, Helston (7 km) Sycamores, Helston (7 km) Tregadjack, Garras (7 km) Eglosderry, Helston (4 km) Trelowarren, Garras (9 km) The Fringes, Helston (7 km) Trewenna, Mullion (7 km) Scrumpy Cottage, Mullion (7 km) Trescowe: Crofty, Praa Sands (8 km) The Paddock, Marazion (10 km) Trenowyth Wheelhouse, Mullion (8 km) Trenowyth Moorings, Mullion (8 km) Trenowyth Spinnakers, Mullion (8 km) The Mowhay, Helston (6 km) Sowanna Farm Cottage, Mullion (7 km) Sandpiper, Mullion (8 km) Prospect Cottage, Helston (6 km) Praa Sands Inglenook, Praa Sands (6 km) Newton Round Farmhouse, Praze-an-Beeble (10 km) Newton Round Byre, Praze-an-Beeble (10 km) Higher Predannack, Mullion (10 km) Carnmeor, Praze-an-Beeble (10 km) Bolytho Barn, Redruth (10 km) Appletree Cottage, Gweek (8 km) Trenance Farm Cottages, Mullion (8 km) Holiday ParksSt Piran Lodge, Camborne (9 km) Swallow Caravan, Penzance (10 km) Willow Lodge, Penzance (10 km) Cormorant Caravan 3, Penzance (10 km) Kestrel Caravan, Penzance (10 km) Kingfisher Caravan, Penzance (10 km) Willow Lodge Plus, Penzance (10 km) Marazion Caravan, Penzance (6 km) Willow Lodge 3, Penzance (10 km) Local hotelsPolurrian Hotel (8 km) Mullion Cove Hotel (8 km) Helston Premier Inn (7 km) Nansloe Manor Hotel (3 km) An Mordros Hotel (0 km) Harbour Inn (6 km) Local attractions BeachesPerranuthnoe (10 km) Prussia Cove (8 km) Kenneggy Sands (7 km) Praa Sands (6 km) Porthcew (4 km) Loe Bar (2 km) Gunwalloe Fishing Cove (4 km) Dollar Cove (6 km) Gunwalloe Church Cove (6 km) Poldhu Cove (6 km) Polurrian Cove (8 km) Mullion Cove (8 km)  Mining historyGreat Work (6 km) Wheal Prosper & Wheal Trewavas (4 km) Wheal Trewavas (3 km) Great Wheal Vor (5 km) Poldark Mine (Wheal Roots) (8 km) Basset & Grylls (10 km) Wheal Ann United (7 km) Carleen Mine (5 km) Wheal Metal (incl. Metal and Flow) (4 km) Sithney and Carnmeal Mine (4 km) Great Wheal Fortune (3 km) Wheal Gurlyn (10 km) Halamanning (9 km) Releath Mine (8 km) Binner Downs (9 km) Crenver & Wheal Abraham (8 km) Wheal Godolphin (7 km) Trevenen Mine (7 km) Trumpet Consols (7 km) Garlidna & Ruby (10 km) Wendron Consols (9 km) Wheal Vrawz (7 km) Carbona (8 km) Wheal Treasury (Wheal Treasure) (10 km) Wheal Reeth (Lady Gwendolen) (7 km) Gwin & Singer United (5 km) Penberthy Crofts (incl. Wheal Fancy) (10 km) Ennys Wheal Virgin (10 km) Wheal Friendship (10 km) Leeds & St. Aubyn (6 km) Trebarvah (9 km) Penhale Wheal Vor (6 km) Wheal Hendra (5 km) Wheal Prospidnick (6 km) Wheal Christopher Consols (7 km) North Lovell (10 km) West Wheal Lovell (6 km) East Wheal Lovell (10 km) Treworlis (5 km) Crowan and Wendron Consols (Wheal Releath) (8 km)  PubsCrown Inn (10 km) Rodney Inn (6 km) Harbour Inn (6 km) Blue Anchor (3 km) Crown Inn (5 km) Halzephron Inn (4 km)  Local walksPerranuthnoe to Cudden Point (9 km) Cudden Point to Praa Sands (8 km) Praa Sands to Porthleven (2 km) Porthleven to Gunwalloe Church Cove (2 km) Gunwalloe to Mullion Cove (6 km)  Adventure parksThe Flambards Experience (4 km) Farms & animalsNational Seal Sanctuary (8 km)  CinemasFlora Cinema (4 km)  GardensTrevena Cross Nurseries (6 km) Godolphin House (7 km)  Cornwall heritagePoldark Mine (8 km)  MuseumsHelston Folk Museum (4 km)  RestaurantsKota (0 km) New Yard (9 km) Blue Haze (0 km) High Point Restaurant (8 km) Halzephron Inn (4 km) The New Yard Restaurant (9 km) Amélie's at The Smokehouse (1 km) |
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