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Loe Bar, Berepper
The weather was poor when we walked this section of the coast path so
we didn't see anyone on the beach apart from a couple of walkers. The
signs at Porthleven said that swimming is dangerous at low tide, but the
beach near Berepper may be different. Other posts have said that great
caution is required. The beach is large grit/small shingle backed by
moderate cliffs and faces south west.
Overall rating - excellent for sunbathing but otherwise poor.
Tremearne
OSGR SW607268.
This cove is not mentioned in David Martin's book, but it seemed very
suitable. It is 2km west of Porthleven and access is very easy from the
coast path. It is rocky at low tide with large rock pools. The upper part
of the beach is good sand. There were very few people there because of the
poor weather. You could easily walk several hundred metres from the access
to be well out of the way.
Fishing Cove, nr Godrevy Point
OSGR SW596429
This is a beautiful little cove with fairly good access. (Probably the
best of any UK naturist beach that I have visited). From Hayle take the
B3301 towards Portreath. There are two places you can park. Immediately
after the single track bridges you can turn left down a lane to the NT car
parks (£1.50, members free). Use the field at the end. The path round
the headland goes from the far side, and the one across the headland from
the right hand corner. It is 2km very fine walk to the east across the
headland and along the coast path. Going round the headland adds 500m. As
you approach the cove you will be able to see the path down the cliffs. It
is easier than it looks.
Alternatively, continue along the B3301 for another 1.4km to a small, free, NT car park that is only a couple of hundred metres from the cove. Walk west along the coast path to find the path down. The path is fairly steep and the steps are not brilliant, but neither is it particularly difficult. We had a 6 year old with us and he had no difficulty at all. However, the path does require care. When we were there, it was low tide and there was plenty of lovely sand available away from the shade of the cliffs. A man said that the shade from the cliffs can be a problem, especially late or early in the year. I should think that the state of the tide also makes a difference. At least the walk back up the cliffs is in the shade!
The cove is so sheltered that the large surf in St Ives Bay was reduced
to little more than large ripples and the bottom shelved very gently.
There were lots of little streams running down the beach which we had a
great time building dams across. The weather was not good, occasional
sunshine between clouds and not very warm, so there were only 3 or 4
groups of people on the beach. At least some of each group were naturist.
Overall rating - excellent, apart from the shade.
Coves near Godrevy Point
David Martin's book suggests that the coves to the east of Godrevy Point are suitable. From above, it looked like the one at the end of the path cutting across the headland from the NT car park was best. However, the path down looked difficult and the sand looked poorer than at Fishing Cove. Overall rating - fairly good, but Fishing Cove is better in all respects.
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