10 miles — 22 minutes by car
Land's End & Sennen Cove
The end of the country, and the surf beach just before it.
Sennen Cove is the last proper beach before Land's End: white sand, Atlantic surf, and a lifeguard through the season. Walk the coast path from Sennen to Land's End rather than driving into the visitor complex — the cliffs are the point, not the car park.
On the way, Cape Cornwall and the mines at Botallack are quieter and, for many guests, better.
Practical
- Getting there
- 22 minutes by car
- Best for
- Surf, coast path walking, sunsets
- From the house
- Chywoone Hill, Newlyn — 10 miles — 22 minutes by car
Also within reach
A walk downhill — 10 minutes
Newlyn
Britain's biggest fishing port by value of catch, and the reason the painters came.
2 miles — 6 minutes by car
Mousehole
A granite village around a harbour the size of a courtyard, and the best Christmas lights in Cornwall.
6 miles — 15 minutes by car
St Michael's Mount
The island castle at Marazion, reached on foot across the causeway at low tide.