Gunwalloe Church Cove Church Cove at Gunwalloe is a pretty sandy beach with a little church situated below the cliff. The church has a separate bell tower. The beach has lifegua...
Church Cove
Church Cove at Gunwalloe is a pretty sandy beach with a little church situated below the cliff. The church has a separate bell tower.
The beach has lifeguards during the summer months and therefore is an ideal place for families.
Dollar Cove
Dollar Cove is part sandy and part rocky with the rocks forming some great rock pools.
Local note
Gunwalloe is the kind of place where the day is shaped by simple things: tide, weather, a picnic, and time to notice the coast properly.
Plan the final walk from the car park and check whether the beach is easy with pushchairs, tired legs or beach bags.
A useful read before visiting with children, especially for tides, paths, facilities and simple beach expectations.
Beach and cove guides can help anglers understand access, ground, tide and nearby marks before packing kit.
Look up tide times, swimming guidance and weather before you go, especially on wilder beaches.
Silver dollars are allegedly washed up following storms and are said to come from the wreck of a ship which sank in the 17th Century.
Fishing Cove
Fishing Cove is a sandy and pebbly beach. It has a small slipway at one end but has very little other facilities. The sea can be dangerous and it is therefore not a good beach for families.
Sea Fishing in Gunwalloe area
Good sized bass can be caught from the beaches and also from the headland behind the church. You should also be able to catch a variety of flat fish in this area.
A few useful Down The Cove picks connected to this read.
