Towns & villages

Towns and villages: beaches, parking and stations across Cornwall

Mousehole harbour Photo: ArildV, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

20 guides to Cornish towns and villages, from Bude in the north to St Just in the far west, and the city of Truro. Each lists the nearby beaches in our guide, council car parks with postcodes and the nearest railway stations.

We only add a town when there is enough checked information to be useful: inland towns with few beaches nearby, such as Bodmin, Launceston and Liskeard, are not covered yet.

Porth Ia
St Ives
Beaches within 10 km
12
Council car parks within 3 km
12
Nearest station
St Ives station (200 m (0.1 miles))
Lannwedhenek
Padstow
Beaches within 10 km
9
Council car parks within 3 km
1
Nearest station
Roche station (15.3 km (9.5 miles))
Aberfala
Falmouth
Beaches within 10 km
5
Council car parks within 3 km
12
Nearest station
Falmouth Town station (220 m (0.1 miles))
Tewynblustri
Newquay
Beaches within 10 km
11
Council car parks within 3 km
13
Nearest station
Newquay station (270 m (0.2 miles))
Pennsans
Penzance
Beaches within 10 km
5
Council car parks within 3 km
15
Nearest station
Penzance station (360 m (0.2 miles))
Truru
Truro
Beaches within 10 km
2
Council car parks within 3 km
7
Nearest station
Truro station (1.0 km (0.6 miles))
Porthbud
Bude
Beaches within 10 km
5
Council car parks within 3 km
6
Nearest station
Gunnislake station (41.0 km (25.5 miles))
Kammbronn
Camborne
Beaches within 10 km
7
Council car parks within 3 km
2
Nearest station
Camborne station (350 m (0.2 miles))
Fowydh
Fowey
Beaches within 10 km
9
Council car parks within 3 km
3
Nearest station
Par station (5.6 km (3.5 miles))
Heyl
Hayle
Beaches within 10 km
14
Council car parks within 3 km
3
Nearest station
Hayle station (400 m (0.2 miles))
Hellys
Helston
Beaches within 10 km
5
Council car parks within 3 km
5
Nearest station
Camborne station (12.4 km (7.7 miles))
Logh
Looe
Beaches within 10 km
4
Council car parks within 3 km
3
Nearest station
Looe station (700 m (0.4 miles))
Marghasyow
Marazion
Beaches within 10 km
11
Council car parks within 3 km
2
Nearest station
Penzance station (4.0 km (2.5 miles))
Lannvorek
Mevagissey
Beaches within 10 km
11
Council car parks within 3 km
2
Nearest station
St Austell station (7.7 km (4.8 miles))
Porthperan
Perranporth
Beaches within 10 km
10
Council car parks within 3 km
1
Nearest station
Newquay station (9.5 km (5.9 miles))
Resrudh
Redruth
Beaches within 10 km
4
Council car parks within 3 km
4
Nearest station
Redruth station (140 m (0.1 miles))
Breanek
St Agnes
Beaches within 10 km
6
Council car parks within 3 km
1
Nearest station
Redruth station (8.9 km (5.5 miles))
S. Austel
St Austell
Beaches within 10 km
10
Council car parks within 3 km
3
Nearest station
St Austell station (440 m (0.3 miles))
Lannust
St Just
Beaches within 10 km
4
Council car parks within 3 km
0
Nearest station
Penzance station (10.6 km (6.6 miles))
Ponswad
Wadebridge
Beaches within 10 km
2
Council car parks within 3 km
2
Nearest station
Roche station (10.9 km (6.8 miles))