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Photo of Perranporth Penhale Sands, a swimming spot near St Agnes, Cornwall, south west England.

© Lewis Clarke / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Perranporth Penhale Sands

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Perranporth Penhale Sands is a designated bathing water in Cornwall with a sandy shore. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 90 designated bathing waters; this is one.

The nearest railway station is Newquay, 8.2 km to the north-east. For more of the same, Perranporth and Holywell Bay are close by.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Perranporth Penhale Sands

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 S · spans 4 counties

Photo of Chapel Rock Pool, a sea pool near St Agnes, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Chapel Rock Pool

Sea pool · Lido near St Agnes

A walled sea pool built in 1959 into Chapel Rock, the flag-topped stack in the middle of Perranporth's beach.

1.3 km S

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

2.3 km SW

Photo of Holywell Bay, a swimming spot near St Agnes, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Holywell Bay

Designated bathing water near St Agnes

Dune-backed beach with offshore Gull Rocks.

3.6 km N

Photo of Porth Joke, a cove near Newquay, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Porth Joke

Cove near Newquay

Quiet unspoilt cove, also called Polly Joke, tucked between headlands near Crantock away from the Newquay crowds.

5 km N

Photo of Halwyn, a restaurant near Crantock, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Halwyn

Restaurant near Crantock

Countryside restaurant near the dunes and beach of Crantock village.

5.5 km NE