The North Coast is popular with surfers and other water sports participants, famed for its’ incredible waves, natural beauty and long stretches of golden beaches. The South Coast is dotted with hidden coves and rocky beaches, making them perfect for rock pool adventures and crabbing. If you’re lucky you may even find an old cave or tunnel smugglers used to use.
Many beaches in Cornwall have different rules for dogs. There are plenty of beaches open all year to dogs. Some beaches require dogs to be kept on a leash, some have seasonal times dogs are allowed and some have banned dogs outright. Please check online here before heading out.
And please, pick up after your dog and take your litter home. They won’t keep the beaches open to dogs if we don’t work together to keep them clean.
| North Coast Beaches | North Coast Beaches | South Coast Beaches | South Coast Beaches |
| Bude & North Devon: | Newquay Continued: | Lands End: | Truro: |
| Clovelly Beach | Crantock Beach | Nanjizal Beach | Loe Beach |
| Mouthmill Beach | Piper’s Hole | Porthgwarra | Summers Beach St Mawes |
| Abbey River Beach | Vugga Cove | Penzance: | Little & Great Molunan Beaches |
| Speke’s Mill Mouth Waterfall | Poly Joke Beach | Porthcurno Beach | St Anthonys Beach |
| Duckpool Bay | Holywell Bay | Pedn Vounder Beach | Porthbeor Beach |
| Sandymouth Beach | Perranporth: | Penberth Cove | Towan Beach |
| Northcottmouth Beach | Perran Sands Beach | Lamorna Cove Beach | Portscatho Beach |
| Duckpool Beach | Perranzabuloe Beach | Mousehole | Porthcurnick Beach |
| Widemouth Bay | Perranporth Beach | Newlyn Tolcarne Beach | Porthbean Beach |
| Crooklets Beach | Porthpippin Beach | Long Rock Beach | Pendower Beach |
| Summerleaze Beach | St Agnes: | Marazion Beach | Kiberick Cove |
| Black Rock Beach | Trevellas Cove | Perranuthnoe Beach | East Portholland Beach |
| Crackington Haven Beach | Trevaunance Cove | Piskies Cove | St Austell: |
| Boscastle & Tintagel: | Chapel Porth Beach | Prussia Cove | Porthluney Bay |
| Buckator Beach | Porthtown & Portreath: | Kenneggy Cove | Hemmick Beach |
| Bossiney Haven Cove | Porthtowen Beach | Praa Sands Beach | Vault Beach |
| Tintagel Haven Beach | Lushington Beach | Helston: | Gorran Haven Beach |
| Trebarwith Beach | Portreath Beach | Porthcew (Rinsey Cove) | Little Perhaver Beach |
| Port Issac: | St Ives: | Nichols Cove | Great Perhaver Beach |
| Port Gaverne Beach | Godrevy Beach | Porthleven Beach | Pentewan Beach |
| Port Issac, The Platt | Gwithian Beach | Loe Bar | Porthpean Beach |
| Port Quin Beach | Gwithian Towans Beach | Gunwalloe Beach | Carlyon Bay |
| Wadebridge & Padstow: | Mexico Towans Beach | Gunwalloe Church Cove Beach | Par: |
| Lundy Bay | Hayle Beach | Poldhu Cove | Spit Beach |
| Polzeath Beach | Hayle Sands | Polurrian Beach | Par Sands Beach |
| Greenaway Beach | Porthkidney Beach | Kynance Cove | St Austell Bay |
| Daymer Bay | Carbis Bay | Pentreath Beach | Polkerris Beach |
| Rock Beach | Porthminster Beach | Housel Bay Beach | Polridmouth Cove |
| Harbour Cove | Bamaluz Beach | Cadgwith Harbour | Readymoney Cove |
| Hawker’s Cove | Porthgwidden Beach | Kennack Sands | Lantic Bay |
| Butterhole Beach | Porthmeor Beach | Kennack Sands East | Parsons Cove |
| Trevone Beach | Porthkervis Beach | Lankidden Cove | Looe: |
| Harlyn Bay | Penzance: | Porthbeer Cove | Parsons Cove |
| Long Cove Beach | Zennor Beach | Coverack Cove | Polperro Beach |
| Constantine Bay | Porthzennor Cove | Godrevy Cove | Talland Bay |
| Treyarnon Bay | Portheras Cove | Leggan Cove | Hannafore Beach |
| Porthcothan Beach | Boat Cove | Porthkerris Beach | Looe Beach |
| Pentire Steps Beach | Priest Cove | Porthallow Cove | Second Beach |
| Bedruthan Steps | Porth Nanven | Nelly’s Cove | Plaidy Beach |
| Newquay: | Nanquidno Cove | Falmouth: | Black Rock Beach |
| Morgan Porth | Gwynver Beach | Bosahan Cove | Seaton Beach |
| Beacon Cove | Sennen Beach | Helford Passage Beach | Downderry Beach |
| Watergate Bay | Sennen Cove | Durgan Beach | Torpoint: |
| Whipsiderry Beach | Grebe Beach | Tregantle Beach | |
| Porth Beach | Wilkins Point | Sharrow Beach | |
| Lusty Glaze Beach | Maenporth Beach | Eddystone Beach | |
| Newquay Beach | Swanpool Beach | Pier Cellars | |
| Tolcarne Beach | Gyllyngvase Beach | Cawsand Beach | |
| Great Western Beach | Castle Beach | Sandways Beach | |
| Towan Beach | Pendennis Point | Barn Pool Beach | |
| Fistral Beach | Flushing Beach |
