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Photo of Cawsand, a swimming spot near Cawsand and Kingsand, Cornwall, south west England.

© Stephen McKay / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cawsand

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Cawsand is an official bathing spot in Cornwall. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. It is one of 90 designated bathing waters in the county. It lies within Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.

Kingsand and Tregonhawke are among the bathing waters within 3.1 km. The nearest railway station is Devonport, 5.7 km to the north.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

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

Cornwall National Landscape

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Padstow

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

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 W · spans 4 counties

Photo of Cawsand and Kingsand, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cawsand and Kingsand

Village

Twin smuggling villages on the Rame Peninsula, a huddle of colour-washed cottages looking across Plymouth Sound.

0.3 km N · Cornwall

Photo of South Devon, a National Landscape in Devon, south west England.Highlight

South Devon

National Landscape near Kingsbridge

Red cliffs, tucked-away coves and drowned river valleys, with the coast path linking one beach to the next

5.3 km E

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

Tamar Valley

National Landscape near Bere Alston

A steep wooded river valley on the Devon–Cornwall border, deep in old copper-and-arsenic mining history

5.4 km NW

Photo of Tinside Lido, a lido near Plymouth, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Tinside Lido

Lido near Plymouth

Semicircular Art Deco seawater lido of 1935 on the rocks below Plymouth Hoe, looking out over Plymouth Sound.

5.5 km NE