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Photo of Carbis Bay, a swimming spot near St Ives, Cornwall, south west England.

© Shaun Ferguson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Carbis Bay

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Carbis Bay is an official bathing spot in Cornwall with a sandy shore. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 90 designated bathing waters; this is one.

Porthminster and Porthkidney Sands are among the bathing waters within 1.9 km. Carbis Bay Station is under a kilometre away.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Carbis Bay

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.1 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km S · spans 24 counties

Photo of Porthminster, a swimming spot near St Ives, Cornwall, south west England.

Porthminster

Designated bathing water near St Ives

A coastal swimming spot with excellent water quality.

1.4 km NW

Photo of St Ives, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

St Ives

Village

Light-filled seaside town of galleries and white-sand beaches, home to Tate St Ives above its old fishing harbour.

1.7 km NW · Cornwall

Photo of the Cornwall National Landscape, a National Landscape in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cornwall National Landscape

National Landscape near Padstow

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

2 km SW

Photo of Tate St Ives, a visitor attraction in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Tate St Ives

Attraction near St Ives

Modern-art gallery overlooking Porthmeor Beach, showing the work of St Ives' celebrated 20th-century artists.

2.2 km NW