Swimming spots in Cornwall
90 swimming spots in Cornwall — 90 designated bathing waters monitored by the Environment Agency (England). 1 under a do-not-swim notice right now. 1 carrying a caution. 87 with no current pollution alert.
- Booby's BayGood to go
- Carbis BayA sandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby toilets and parking.Good to go
- CawsandA sand and shingle beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1998.Good to go
- Chapel PorthA rocky and sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 2012.Good to go
- CharlestownA shingle beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Church CoveA sandy and shingle cove in Cornwall, designated as bathing water.Good to go
- Constantine BayConstantine Bay is a rocky and sandy beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- CoverackCoverack is a shingle bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Crackington HavenA sandy and shingle beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 2002.Good to go
- CrantockA sandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Crinnis BeachSandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- CrookletsSandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Daymer BayA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- DownderryA sand and shingle bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby toilets and parking.Good to go
- DuporthSandy bathing beach in Cornwall with parking 450m away.Good to go
- East LooeA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Do not swim
- Fistral NorthSandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Fistral SouthA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 2018.Good to go
- Godrevy TowansA rock and sand beach in Cornwall with parking 300m away.Good to go
- Gorran Haven Little PerhaverA sand and shingle bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Great WesternSandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Gwithian TowansA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- GwynverSandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 2018.Good to go
- GyllyngvaseA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988, with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Harlyn BayA sandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Hayle TowansSandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988 with nearby parking.Good to go
- Holywell BayGood to go
- Kennack SandsA sandy beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- KingsandKingsand is a sand and shingle beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1998.Good to go
- Long RockA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Lostwithiel, River FoweyRiver bathing water in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, designated in 2026.Not monitored
- Lusty GlazeA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- MaenporthA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- MarazionA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Mawgan PorthMawgan Porth is a sandy bathing water beach in Cornwall, UK.Good to go
- Mexico TowansSandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 2018.Good to go
- MillendreathA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Mother Ivey`s BaySandy bathing water beach in Cornwall, UK with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Northcott MouthA rock and sand beach in Cornwall with parking 300m away.Good to go
- Par SandsA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PendowerA rocky and sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PentewanSandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PenzanceA sandy bathing water beach in Penzance, Cornwall, with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PerranporthA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Perranporth Penhale SandsA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PerranuthnoeSandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Poldhu CoveA sandy cove in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PolkerrisA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PolstreathA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and public toilets.Good to go
- Polurrian CovePolurrian Cove is a bathing water in Cornwall with a rock and sand shoreline.Good to go
- PolzeathA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PorthA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby public toilets and parking.Good to go
- PorthallowShingle beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PorthcothanA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1992.Good to go
- PorthcurnickSandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby public toilets and parking.Good to go
- PorthcurnoSandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PorthgwiddenA sandy beach in Cornwall designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Porthkidney SandsSandy beach in Cornwall with a car park 450m away.Good to go
- Porthleven SandsA sandy and shingle beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PorthluneyA sandy bathing water in Cornwall, designated in 1988, with nearby parking and toilets.Caution
- PorthmeorA sandy bathing water beach in Cornwall, with parking and toilets nearby.Good to go
- PorthminsterA sandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- PorthoustockShingle beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PorthpeanSandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PorthtowanPorthtowan is a sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- PortmellonPortmellon beach in Cornwall has a rock and sand shoreline with parking 100 m away.Good to go
- PortreathPortreath is a sandy and shingle beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water.Good to go
- PortwrinkleA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Praa Sands EastA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Praa Sands WestA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Readymoney CoveA sandy cove in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988, with nearby toilets and parking.Good to go
- SandymouthSandymouth is a sandy and shingle beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Seaton (Cornwall)Sandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- SennenA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- SharrowSharrow is a bathing water in Cornwall with a rock and sand shoreline.Good to go
- Shorthorn BeachGood to go
- SummerleazeA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- SwanpoolA sand and shingle beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- TolcarneSandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby toilets and parking.Good to go
- TowanTowan is a shingle beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Trebarwith StrandA rocky and sandy beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 2002.Good to go
- TregonhawkeA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 2018.Good to go
- Trevaunance CoveA rocky and sandy cove in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Trevone BaySandy bathing water beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Treyarnon BayA rocky and sandy beach in Cornwall, designated as bathing water since 1988.Good to go
- Upton TowansGood to go
- Vault BeachA sand and shingle bathing water in Cornwall with parking 300m away.Good to go
- Watergate BayA sandy bathing beach in Cornwall, UK, with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Wherry TownSandy bathing beach in Cornwall with nearby parking and toilets.Good to go
- Widemouth SandA rock and sand beach in Cornwall, designated bathing water since 1988.Good to go
Common questions
- How many swimming spots are there in Cornwall?
- 90 in Cornwall, the United Kingdom, 90 of them officially designated bathing waters with published water-quality monitoring.
- Is it safe to swim in Cornwall right now?
- That depends on the spot, and it changes. Of the 90 listed here, 1 is under a do-not-swim notice, 1 carry a caution, 87 have no current pollution alert, 1 is not monitored. Check the individual spot before you go — and note that bathing-water monitoring covers bacterial quality only. Tides, currents, swell and cold-water shock are not part of it, and nothing on this site is a clearance to swim.
- Who monitors water quality in Cornwall?
- The Environment Agency (England) publishes the bathing-water data for Cornwall. Everything shown here comes from that published data.