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East Lizard Heathlands

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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East Lizard Heathlands is one of 148 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.

Other SSSIs nearby include Kennack to Coverack, Coverack to Porthoustock and Goonhilly Downs. For arrivals by rail, Falmouth Town Station is about 11.7 km to the north.

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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 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.

1.4 km SE · spans 24 counties

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.

1.5 km SE · spans 4 counties

Photo of Frenchman's Creek, a landmark near Helford, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Frenchman's Creek

Landmark near Helford

Silent wooded tidal creek off the Helford River, made famous by Daphne du Maurier's smuggling romance.

6.3 km NW

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

Cadgwith

Village

Thatched-and-cob fishing hamlet on the Lizard where boats are still winched up the shingle beside two coves.

6.9 km SW · Cornwall

Photo of Halliggye Fogou, a souterrain near Helford, Cornwall, south west England.

Halliggye Fogou

Souterrain near Helford

Cornwall's biggest and most intact fogou, a set of stone-walled, slab-roofed passages beneath the Trelowarren estate on the Lizard, left by an Iron Age settlement.

7.3 km NW