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Penwith

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Penwith is one of ten Heritage Coasts in Cornwall. None of the Heritage Coasts in the county is larger. The surrounding countryside is part of Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape. The closest station is St Ives (Cornwall), about 1.1 km to the north-east.

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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.

adjoining · spans 4 counties

Photo of Tate St Ives, a visitor attraction in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Tate St Ives

Attraction near St Ives

Modern-art gallery overlooking Porthmeor Beach, showing the work of St Ives' celebrated 20th-century artists.

0.5 km NE

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

Mousehole

Village

Granite fishing village on Mount's Bay whose tiny harbour, wrapped by a curving stone breakwater, glows with lights each Christmas.

0.6 km SE · Cornwall

Photo of Mousehole Rock Pool, a sea pool in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Mousehole Rock Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Mousehole

A big, shallow sea pool built by Mousehole villagers in the early 1970s on the shore below the village, facing St Clement's Isle.

0.7 km SE

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

St Ives

Village

Light-filled seaside town of galleries and white-sand beaches, home to Tate St Ives above its old fishing harbour.

0.9 km NE · Cornwall