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Photo of Crackington Haven, a swimming spot near Boscastle, Cornwall, south west England.

© Rob Purvis / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Crackington Haven

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Crackington Haven is a designated bathing water in Cornwall. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of 90 designated bathing waters in the county. It lies within Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.

Nearby bathing waters include Widemouth Sand, Summerleaze and Crooklets.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Crackington Haven

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.

here · spans 4 counties

Photo of Boscastle, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Boscastle

Village

Sheltered north-coast harbour reached by a twisting inlet between high cliffs, with the National Trust visitor centre and Minster woods above.

7.7 km SW · Cornwall

Photo of St Nectan's Glen, a waterfall near Tintagel, Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

St Nectan's Glen

Waterfall near Tintagel

Wooded glen near Tintagel where the River Trevillet drops through a holed rock into a basin, St Nectan's Kieve.

10.4 km SW

Photo of Bude Sea Pool, a sea pool near Morwenstow, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Bude Sea Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Morwenstow

Part-natural tidal pool built into the rocks of Summerleaze Beach in the 1930s, free to swim in all year.

11.5 km NE

Photo of Tintagel Castle, a ruined castle in Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Tintagel Castle

Castle near Tintagel

Clifftop ruins bound to the Arthur legend, on the north Cornwall coast.

12.1 km SW