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Photo of Portmellon, a swimming spot near Mevagissey, Cornwall, south west England.

© Rob Farrow / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Portmellon

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

St Austell Station is 8.6 km away to the north. Polstreath and Gorran Haven Little Perhaver are among the bathing waters within 2.3 km.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Portmellon

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.

0.2 km NE · spans 4 counties

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

Mevagissey

Village

Working fishing port with a double harbour, narrow lanes and a maze of pastel cottages on the south coast near Heligan.

0.9 km N · Cornwall

Photo of Lost Gardens of Heligan, a Grade II registered house & garden near Mevagissey, Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Lost Gardens of Heligan

House & garden near Mevagissey

The 'lost' Victorian gardens, rediscovered and restored.

2.8 km NW

Photo of Charlestown, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Charlestown

Village

Georgian china-clay port near St Austell, its unchanged harbour often lined with tall ships and used as a period film set.

8 km N · Cornwall

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

Portloe

Village

Tiny, remote Roseland fishing village folded into a steep-sided valley above an aquamarine cove.

9 km SW · Cornwall