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Leave the pressures of everyday life behind; feel the sand between your toes, explore the rock pools and dip your feet into the sea!

With some of the most stunning, dramatic coastline and award winning beaches in the British Isles, Devon and Cornwall are renowned as a holiday destination.

Visit quaint fishing villages and coastal towns and enjoy the oasis that is seaside living.

Ready Money Cove

Ready Money Cove is a small, sheltered, sandy beach close to the mouth of the River Fowey Estuary.

Coverack

On the south coast of Cornwall on the Lizard Peninsula is the tiny pictuesque village of Coverack.

Polperro

Only 4 miles from Looe in South East Cornwall is Polperro, a maze of lanes, alley ways and slate hung white washed fishermans cottages.

Fistral Beach

Fistral Beach is a major surfing beach of the United Kingdom, located at Newquay, in Cornwall.

Wembury Point

The Point has been an important military landmark for the UK because it guards the eastern side of Plymouth Sound. But it is also in the heart of the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Tintagel

Tintagel is a place of magic and myth where the legend of King Arthur was born. A strong hold of the Earls of Cornwall, the castle was built in the 13th century

Sennen Cove

Sennen Cove boasts one of the loveliest stretches of sand in Cornwall, Whitesands Beach, and still retains much of the atmosphere of an old fishing village.

Gyllyngvase Beach

Falmouth´s main beach and a ten minute walk into town. Soft sand with good facilities.

Lansallos Cove

One of Cornwall´s beautiful tucked away little coves, in South East Cornwall, that still remains relatively undiscovered.

Land´s End

Land’s End is the most westerly tip of the southern mainland just offshore, midway between Land´s End and the Isles of Scilly, is the supposed location of the mythical lost land of Lyonesse, referred to in Arthurian literature.

Kynance cove

Two miles north of Lizard Point lies Kynance Cove, with its white sand beach and islands of multicoloured serpentine rock.

Hope Cove

Hope Cove is a sheltered sandy beach tucked into Bigbury Bay, with a beautiful thatched cottage village.

Thurlestone

Thurlestone is situated in the South Hams area of Devon, near the picturesque village of Salcombe and the main town of Kingsbridge.

Gannel Estuary

The Gannel is a tidal river located on the outskirts of Newquay and is home to an abundance of wildlife.

Fal Estuary

The Fal Estuary lies between the castles of Pendennis at Falmouth and St Mawes on the Roseland Peninsula.

Jurassic Coast

The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site following the coastline from Old Harry Rocks, Swanage in the East to Orcombe Point, Exmouth in the West.

Portwrinkle Beach

Portwrinkle beach itself has a little harbour, with shingle and fine sand at low tide, as well as numerous rock pools.