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Porthleven Sands

Photo of Porthleven Sands, a swimming spot in Cornwall, south west England.

Porthleven Sands

© David Dixon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© David Dixon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Porthleven Sands

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Porthleven Sands is a designated bathing water in Cornwall. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 90 designated bathing waters; this is one. It lies inside Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.

For more of the same, Praa Sands East and Church Cove are close by. St Erth Station is 13.6 km away to the north-west.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Porthleven Sands

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 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 E · spans 24 counties

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

Porthleven

Village

Britain's most southerly port, its harbour framed by the landmark clock-tower institute and a growing reputation for food.

0.4 km N · Cornwall

Photo of Church of St Winwaloe, Gunwalloe, a church in Cornwall, south west England.

Church of St Winwaloe, Gunwalloe

Church near Gunwalloe

The 'Church of the Storms', set almost on the beach at Church Cove with its bell tower built into the rock.

5.7 km SE

Photo of Mullion Cove, a cove in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Mullion Cove

Cove near Mullion

Harbour cove of serpentine stone sheltered by an island and a Victorian breakwater on the western Lizard.

8.4 km SE