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Widemouth Sand

Photo of Widemouth Sand, a swimming spot near Crackington Haven, Cornwall, south west England.

Widemouth Sand

© Nigel Mykura / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Nigel Mykura / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Widemouth Sand

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Widemouth Sand is an official bathing spot in Cornwall. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. It is one of 90 bathing waters in the county. For more of the same, Summerleaze and Crooklets are close by.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Widemouth Sand

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 SE · 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 SE · 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

1.3 km SW

Photo of the Pentire Point - Widemouth Heritage Coast, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Pentire Point - Widemouth

Heritage Coast near Tintagel

Twin-humped Iron Age cliff promontory.

1.3 km S

Photo of Bude Sea Pool, a sea pool near Morwenstow, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Bude Sea Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Morwenstow

Part-natural tidal pool built into the rocks of Summerleaze Beach in the 1930s, free to swim in all year.

4.4 km N

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

Morwenstow

Village

Cornwall's northernmost parish above dramatic cliffs, tied to the eccentric Victorian vicar-poet Robert Hawker and his clifftop hut.

12.5 km N · Cornwall