Porthgwarra Beach

Porthgwarra Beach is a beach in St Levan, West Cornwall, England. Porthgwarra Beach is situated nearby to the locality Carn Scathe, as well as near Pol Ledan.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Minack Theatre and St Levan’s Church, St Levan.

Minack Theatre

Garden

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The Minack Theatre is an open-air theatre, constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, four miles from Land's End in Cornwall, England.

St Levan Church, St Levan is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Until 1864 the church was a chapelry of the Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St Buryan.

Porthchapel Beach

Beach

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Porthchapel Beach is a secluded beach located on the south coast of the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall, England. Situated near the village of St Levan, it is renowned for its white shell-sand, turquoise waters, and rugged granite cliffs with the The Independent naming it as the sixth most beautiful beach in Cornwall in 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porthgwarra and Gwennap Head.

Porthgwarra

Hamlet

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Porthgwarra is a small coastal village in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom situated between Land's End and Porthcurno. Access to the cove is via a minor road off the B3283 road at Polgigga and leads to the car park in the village.

Gwennap Head

Locality

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Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village.

Porthcurno

Village

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Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.

Porthgwarra Beach

Type: Beach
Also known as: “Porthgwarra”
Category: landform
Location: St Levan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.03712° or 50° 2′ 14″ north

Longitude

-5.67223° or 5° 40′ 20″ west

United Nations Location Code

GB PTG

Open location code

9C2P28PH+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 72857031

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

11103037

Wikidata ID

Q29788964

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Porthgwarra Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Porthgwarra Beach”
Swedish: “Porthgwarra Beach”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Carn Scathe and Pol Ledan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rowe’s Cottage and Toll Pedn Pennwydh.

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