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Photo of Portreath, a swimming spot near St Agnes, Cornwall, south west England.

© David Medcalf / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Portreath

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Portreath is a designated bathing water in Cornwall. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. It is one of 90 bathing waters in the county.

Nearby bathing waters include Porthtowan, Chapel Porth and Godrevy Towans. For arrivals by rail, Camborne Station is 5.7 km to the south.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Portreath

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.

here · spans 24 counties

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

0.1 km SE

Photo of Wheal Coates, a landmark near St Agnes, Cornwall, south west England.Iconic

Wheal Coates

Landmark near St Agnes

Iconic clifftop tin-mine engine house above Chapel Porth near St Agnes, silhouetted against the sea.

6.6 km NE

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

St Agnes

Village

Former mining village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, its ruined engine houses set above the surf of Trevaunance Cove.

7.6 km NE · Cornwall

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.

7.9 km W