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Penzance

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  • Water temp(satellite):
  • 10.5°C
  • 2025-01-21

Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherry Town, Penzance, Long Rock and Marazion. All the beaches are sandy resorts backed by sea defences. Penzance beach is approximately 530 metres wide.

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Beaches close to Penzance

Penzance Promenade Beach ⟼ 0.2 km away
Penzance Wherry Town Beach ⟼ 0.8 km away
Wherry Town ⟼ 0.9 km away
Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherry Town, Penzance, Long Rock and Marazion. All the beaches are sandy resorts backed by sea defences. Wherry Town beach is approximately one kilometre wide. The Newlyn River flows onto the beach at the western end of Wherry Town and the Larrigan River flows onto the eastern end of the beach.
Penzance Mounts Bay ⟼ 1.1 km away
Long Rock Beach ⟼ 1.7 km away
Long Rock ⟼ 1.8 km away
Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherry Town, Penzance, Long Rock and Marazion. All the beaches are sandy resorts backed by sea defences. Heliport beach is approximately one kilometre wide. The Ponsandane Brook flows onto the western end of Heliport beach.
Mousehole Beach ⟼ 3.5 km away
Marazion ⟼ 4.1 km away
Mounts Bay is on the south coast of Cornwall. There are four designated bathing waters located around the bay - Wherry Town, Penzance, Long Rock and Marazion. All the beaches are sandy resorts backed by sea defences. Marazion beach is approximately 880 metres wide. The Red River flows onto the centre of Marazion beach.
Marazion Causeway Beach ⟼ 4.3 km away
Lamorna Cove ⟼ 6.1 km away
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