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Sharrow

Photo of Sharrow, a swimming spot near Cawsand and Kingsand, Cornwall, south west England.

Sharrow

© Derek Harper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Derek Harper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sharrow

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Sharrow is an official bathing spot 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.

Tregonhawke and Portwrinkle are among the bathing waters within 3.7 km. The closest station is St Germans, 6.2 km to the north-west.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Sharrow

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 E · 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 the Tamar Valley, a National Landscape in south west England.Highlight

Tamar Valley

National Landscape near Bere Alston

A steep wooded river valley on the Devon–Cornwall border, deep in old copper-and-arsenic mining history

2 km N

Photo of the Rame Head Heritage Coast, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Rame Head

Heritage Coast near Cawsand and Kingsand

Conical headland topped by a chapel.

2.6 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

3.7 km E

Photo of Cawsand and Kingsand, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cawsand and Kingsand

Village

Twin smuggling villages on the Rame Peninsula, a huddle of colour-washed cottages looking across Plymouth Sound.

4.4 km E · Cornwall