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

© David Smith / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Godrevy Towans

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Godrevy Towans is a designated bathing water in Cornwall. Its water quality was classed Excellent at the Environment Agency's last classification. It is one of 90 bathing waters in the county. It lies within Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.

Nearby bathing waters include Gwithian Towans, Upton Towans and Hayle Towans. The nearest railway station is Hayle, 5.6 km to the south.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Godrevy Towans

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 NE · 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 NE · spans 24 counties

Photo of Godrevy Lighthouse, a lighthouse near St Ives, Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Godrevy Lighthouse

Lighthouse near St Ives

The white tower off St Ives that Virginia Woolf watched as a child and turned into the distant beacon of her novel To the Lighthouse.

1.2 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.

6.7 km W · Cornwall

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.

6.7 km W