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Mawnan
Parish Community Website
Cornwall,
England
Beaches and Coves
Within the Parish there are two main beaches
that you can drive to,
park and spend some time. Other smaller beaches and coves you
will come across if you walk the coastal footpath or approach from
a listed footpath.
When using beaches, please take care and observe sensible safety precautions.
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| Helford Passage & Bar Beach | Map Reference:SW763269 |
| Type
of beach: Sand and shingle |
 Helford Passage with The Ferry Boat Inn on the left |
Access & parking: Take the road
to Budock Vean and Porth Navas out of the village of Mawnan Smith, with
the Red Lion on the left
hand side. After passing the entrances to Glendurgan
& Trebah Gardens, fork
left towards Helford Passage (signed to "The Ferry Boat Inn").
Go past Bar Road (on the right) and you will find a signed "Pay
and Display" carpark (April - September £1 for all day) half
way down the hill (no parking at the beachside). There is then a steep
walk and steps at the side of the pub, or just follow the road (not
quite as steep) to the small beach. From the pub, if you follow the
road past Hele House you will come to Bar Beach - there is a footpath
from Bar Beach onto Bar Road (the next road up from the car park)
Amenities: Ferry
Boat Inn serving food and drink throughout the day
Toilets in the pub
Ice cream kiosk
Passenger ferry service
to Helford
Boat
Moorings
Fishing trips
| Polgwidden Cove | Map Reference: SW770271 |
| Type
of beach: Shingle |
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Access & parking: Access
for visitors to Trebah Gardens
Amenities: None
| Durgan | Map Reference: SW773273 |
Type of beach:
Shingle
Access & parking: Take the road to Budock Vean and Porth Navas
out of the village of Mawnan Smith, with the Red
Lion on the left hand side. After leaving the village you will come
to a cross roads (BEFORE the entrances to Glendurgan & Trebah Gardens).
Turn LEFT and you will find a small car park on the right hand side opposite
Bosloe
House (NO parking in the hamlet of Durgan). Follow the road or the footpath
on the right to Durgan. Access also from the coastal footpath.
| Grebe Beach | Map Reference: SW772275 |
Type of beach:
Sand/Shingle
Access & parking: Take the road to Budock Vean and Porth Navas
out of the village of Mawnan Smith, with the Red
Lion on the left hand side. After leaving the village you will come
to a cross roads (BEFORE the entrances to Glendurgan
& Trebah Gardens).
Turn LEFT and you will find a small car park on the right hand side opposite
Bosloe House. Follow the road or the footpath on the right and the turn
145 degrees left down a narrow steep path to Grebe Beech. Access also
from the coastal footpath.
Amenities: None
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| Porth Sawsen (Porth Saxon) (Cow Beach) | Map Reference: SW780271 |
Type of beach: Sand
/ Shingle
Access & parking: Access to the beach is by a wide footpath
at the side of Carwinion Gardens,
on the road between Mawnan Smith and Maenporth). Park in Carwinion Playing
Field Car Park. Access also from the coastal footpath.
| Prisk Cove | Map Reference: SW787270 |
| Type of beach: Sand / Shingle Access: off coastal footpath or by footpath from Old Church Road at Trerose. Old Church Road is a right turning on a left hand bend on the Mawnan to Maenporth Road (signed to the Churches). |
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| Amenities: None | |
| Rosemullion Head - look out point |
Map Reference: SW798279 |
| Access: off coastal footpath or by footpath from Old Church Road (Rosemullion Farm). Old Church Road is a right turning on a left hand bend on the Mawnan to Maenporth Road (signed to the Churches) |  |
| Amenities:
None |
View
up the Helford from Rosemullion Head |
| Bream Cove | Map Reference: SW791285 |
| Type of beach: Sand / Shingle Access & parking: Limited roadside
parking at Chenhalls (on road from Mawnan to Maenporth. Footpath
to the cove. Access also from the coastal footpath. |
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| Amenities: None |
| Maenporth | Map Reference: SW790296 |
| Type
of beach: Sand Access
& parking: On the narrow road between the Boslowick area
of Falmouth and Mawnan Smith. There is fee-paying parking on the
beach. Access also from the coastal footpath. |
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Type of beach: Sand
with some shingle
Access & parking: On the narrow road between the Boslowick
area of Falmouth and Mawnan Smith. There is fee-paying parking on the
beach.
Amenities: Licenced restaurant
- The Cove.
Beach cafe serving light meals, sandwiches, ice creams etc.
Toilets.