Gannel Rock

Places of Interest

Porthgwarra Beach

Beach

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St Levan’s Church, St Levan

Church

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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

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.

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.

Runnel Stone

Locality

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The Runnel Stone, Runnelstone, or Rundle Stone, is a hazardous rock pinnacle about 1-mile south of Gwennap Head, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It used to show above the surface at low water until a steamship struck it in 1923.

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