Portholland The beach joins East and West Portholland. The beach is covered at high tide. Caerhays Caerhays is a private beach but is easily accessible. It is mainly pebbly. Por...
The beach joins East and West Portholland. The beach is covered at high tide.
Caerhays
Caerhays is a private beach but is easily accessible. It is mainly pebbly.
Porthluney
Porthluney cove is situated under Caerhays castle. It is a lovely sandy beach with a large National Trust carpark. It is a great beach for families.
Local note
Portholland 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.
Sea Fishing in this area
The whole of this area is well known for big bass catches. Also various flat fish and dogfish are caught here.
The headlands access is difficult in places and not really for the novice fisherman. For more experienced fisherman with climbing abilities, the headlands provide good fishing.
A few useful Down The Cove picks connected to this read.
