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The Beaches of West Cornwall - W30 - Boat Cove, Portheras

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Location: North Coast - Half a mile east of Pendeen Watch lighthouse

Looking seaward from Boat Cove to Chypraze Cliff and Gurnards Head


Boat Cove is a little cove tucked into an inlet between Pendeen Lighthouse and Portheras Cove. It can be approached best by parking your car at Pendeen Watch Lighthouse and then following the coastal path down towards Portheras Beach. The pleasant 10 minute walk offers the chance to look east up the coast towards Gurnards Head and Zennor. A wide track runs seaward downhill partway along the coastpath. Follow this passing a brightly coloured bollard down to the small cove of dark rocks unusual amongst the more commonplace granite. Pass the fishermens sheds and the small slipway to drop down to the beach of coarse sand and pebbles. From Boat Cove there's a path leading up to the main Pendeen to Portheras path and you can retrace your steps to the car or push on to Portheras, Morvah and beyond.


Boat Cove

Facilities

Flora and Fauna

Flora and Fauna

Parking

Parking

Rescue equipment

Rescue equipment

Dogs permitted

Dogs permitted

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Nearby accommodation

B and Bs

B & Bs

Kingsfield (9 km)

No.11 B&B (5 km)

Bosavern House (6 km)

Boscean Country House (4 km)

Tregeraint House (6 km)

Chy Bowjy (8 km)

Pendennis (10 km)

Boscrowan Farm (9 km)

Trezelah Farmhouse (9 km)

The White House (7 km)

Caravan and camping holidays

Caravans and Camping

Roselands Caravan Camping Park, St Just (5 km)

Trevedra Farm Camping & Caravan Site, Sennen (8 km)

Lower Treave Caravan and Camping Park, Sennen (9 km)

Trevaylor Caravan and Camping Park, Botallack (6 km)

Cardinney Caravan and Camping Park, Crows-an-Wra (8 km)

Secret Garden Camping and Caravan Park, St Just (6 km)

The Old Chapel Caravan, Penzance (9 km)

Cottage holidays

Cottages

Tamarisk Cottage, Mousehole (6 km)

Bojewyan Cottage, Pendeen (6 km)

Kitchen Cottage, Mousehole (6 km)

Chy Hebask, Zennor (8 km)

Porth Nanven Barn, St Just (6 km)

Clover Cottage, St Just (4 km)

Toldhu, St Just (4 km)

Petra, Sennen (10 km)

Cove Cottage, St Just (5 km)

Girl Annie, Sennen (10 km)

Basking Shark, Sennen (10 km)

Little Petra, Sennen (10 km)

Will's Cottage, Pendeen (2 km)

Tor Barn, Pendeen (1 km)

Captain's Cottage, St Just (5 km)

Yellowsands, Pendeen (2 km)

Chy-Vean, Penzance (8 km)

Nancy's House, Pendeen (2 km)

Kymaurah Cottage, Lamorna Cove (10 km)

Dovecote Cottage, Lamorna Cove (10 km)

Vestal Cottage, Pendeen (1 km)

Argus Cottage, Pendeen (1 km)

Solebay Cottage, Pendeen (1 km)

Porthmeor Farmhouse, Zennor (4 km)

Lands End Cottage, Lands End (9 km)

Camnythyk Cottage, Penzance (10 km)

Sevenstones, Sennen (9 km)

Longships, Sennen (9 km)

Bishop Rock, Sennen (9 km)

Castaways, Sennen (10 km)

Kestrels, Zennor (2 km)

Duck's Waddle, Sennen (8 km)

Rooster's Roost, Sennen (8 km)

Hen's Nest, Sennen (8 km)

Periwinkles, St Just (3 km)

Cobblers Cottage, St Just (5 km)

Potters Corner, St Just (5 km)

Old Coastguard Cottage, St Just (5 km)

Moor Magy Stable Cottage, St Just (8 km)

Moor Magy House, St Just (8 km)

Giddy Up Home, Sennen (6 km)

Clip Clop Cottage, Sennen (6 km)

Local hotels

Local hotels

Commercial Hotel (6 km)

The Old Primary School Cottage and Apartment (8 km)

Estoril Hotel (10 km)

Cape Cornwall Golf & Country Club (6 km)

The Dunedin (10 km)

Penrose Guest House (10 km)

Hotel Penzance (10 km)

The Tremont Guest House (10 km)

Old Success Inn (3 km)

Ship Inn (6 km)


Local attractions

Beaches

Beaches

Whitesand Bay (10 km)

Gwynver (9 km)

Porth Nanven (6 km)

Priest Cove (5 km)

Portheras Cove (0 km)

Mining history

Mining history

Botallack Crowns (3 km)

Boscaswell Downs (1 km)

St. Just Amalgamated (5 km)

Boscean (4 km)

Balleswidden (5 km)

Bosorne (5 km)

Boswedden (5 km)

Levant (2 km)

Wheal Owles (4 km)

Wheal Edward (3 km)

Pendeen Consols (0 km)

Spearn Consols (3 km)

St. Just United (5 km)

Ding Dong (5 km)

Morvah and Zennor United (4 km)

Wheal Castle (5 km)

Morvah Consols (2 km)

Geevor Mine (2 km)

Local pubs

Pubs

Ship Inn (6 km)

Fountain Inn (8 km)

Fishermans Arms (10 km)

Kings Arms (6 km)

North Inn (6 km)

Radjel Inn (6 km)

Fountain Tavern (8 km)

Sir Humphrey Davy (10 km)

Dolphin Tavern (10 km)

Kings Arms (6 km)

Star Inn (6 km)

Wellington Hotel (6 km)

Logan Rock Inn (6 km)

Tinners Arms (7 km)

Local walks

Local walks

Mousehole to Newlyn (10 km)

Land's End to Sennen Cove (9 km)

Sennen Cove to Aire Point (8 km)

Aire Point to Cape Cornwall (5 km)

Cape Cornwall to Botallack, The Crowns (4 km)

Botallack, The Crowns to Pendeen (1 km)

Pendeen to Bosigran Cliff (3 km)

Bosigran Cliff to Gurnard's Head (5 km)

Gurnard's Head to Zennor Head (6 km)

Zennor Head to Carn Naun Point (9 km)

Cornwall Cafes

Cafes

Geevor Tin Mine Cafe (2 km)

Gardens

Gardens

Trengwainton (8 km)

Hardy Exotics Nursery (8 km)

Trereife Park (9 km)

Cornish heritage

Cornwall heritage

Geevor Tin Mine (2 km)

Levant Mine and Beam Engine (2 km)

Pendeen Lighthouse (1 km)

Museums

Museums

Wayside Folk Museum (7 km)

Local pub food

Pub Grub

Gurnard's Head (5 km)

Cornwall Restaurants

Restaurants

The Beach (10 km)


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