Swimming spots near Penzance
28 swimming spots within 30 km of Penzance, 28 of them designated bathing waters monitored by the Environment Agency (England). Nearest first — the closest is Penzance, about 1 km away.
28 with no current pollution alert. 28 rated Excellent under the EU Bathing Water Directive, which describes four seasons of samples rather than today.
- Penzance0.5 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Wherry Town1.4 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Long Rock2.3 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Marazion4.0 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Perranuthnoe6.7 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Carbis Bay10.1 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Praa Sands West10.4 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthkidney Sands10.7 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthminster10.8 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthmeor11.3 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Praa Sands East11.4 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Gwynver11.5 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthgwidden11.6 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthcurno11.8 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Mexico Towans12.1 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Sennen12.4 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Hayle Towans12.7 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Upton Towans14.2 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Gwithian Towans15.8 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Godrevy Towans16.2 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthleven Sands16.3 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Church Cove21.1 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Poldhu Cove21.8 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Polurrian Cove22.6 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Portreath23.3 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Porthtowan28.0 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Chapel Porth29.4 km from PenzanceGood to go
- Kennack Sands29.4 km from PenzanceGood to go
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Common questions
- Where can you swim near Penzance?
- 28 sea, lake and river swimming spots lie within 30 km of Penzance, spread across 1 area. This page lists them by distance from the town rather than by county, because a boundary is not what decides where you drive.
- What is the nearest beach to Penzance?
- Penzance in Cornwall, about 1 km away. It is the closest of the 28 listed here; the next few are within a short drive and each shows its current status, so the nearest is not always the one to pick.
- Is the water clean near Penzance?
- 28 of these 28 spots are designated bathing waters with published monitoring, from the Environment Agency (England). Monitoring covers bacterial quality only — it says nothing about tides, currents, swell or cold-water shock, and nothing here is a clearance to swim.
- Which spots near Penzance have the best water quality?
- 28 of them hold Excellent, the top classification under the EU Bathing Water Directive, based on bacterial samples across the previous four bathing seasons. That describes a four-year record rather than the water today — each spot page shows both.
- Can you swim near Penzance right now?
- No spot within 30 km of Penzance is currently under a pollution alert or bathing restriction. That is not a safety clearance — check the conditions in front of you before going in.