48 Beautiful Dog-Friendly Beaches in South Cornwall

A small dog friendly cove with rocky headland
If you want to treat your dog to a trip to the West coast but you’re not sure where they’ll be allowed to go, don’t worry. We’ve gone to great lengths to compile a list of dog friendly beaches in South Cornwall where they can sniff to their heart’s content.
Destinations

1. Battery Rocks
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: Penzance

2. Bosahan Cove
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: Falmouth

3. Carleon Cove/Poltesco
Beach type: pebble
Nearby town: Falmouth

4. Carne
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth
Note: Dogs are allowed all year although they’re required to be kept on a lead during the summer months.

5. Coverack Beach
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

6. Dollar Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Porthleven

7. Downderry
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Looe
Note: also a nudist beach

8. Durgan
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: Falmouth

9. Flushing Cove
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: Falmouth

10. Gillan Harbour
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

11. Gorran Haven
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: St Austell

12. Great Molunan & Little Molunan
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

13. Grebe
Beach type: sand and pebble
Nearby town: Falmouth

14. Hannafore
Beach type: shingle and rock
Nearby town: Looe

15. Hemmick
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: St Austell

16. Keneggy Sands
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Penzance

17. Kennack Sands
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Lizard

18. Kingsand
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Saltash

19. Lankidden Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

20. Lansallos Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Looe

21. Lantic Bay
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Fowey

22. Lantivet Bay
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Fowey

23. Loe Bar
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Porthleven

24. Longrock
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Penzance
Notes: Dogs are allowed all year but only to the Penzance side of the car park.

25. Mullion Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Porthleven

26. Newlyn
Beach type: pebble
Nearby town: Penzance

27. Newlyn Tolcarne
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Penzance

28. Par Sands
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: St Austell

29. Pentreath
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

30. Pisky Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Penzance

31. Polgwidden Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

32. Polpeor Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Porthleven

33. Polridmouth Cove
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: Fowey

34. Polstreath
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: St Austell

35. Porth Sawsen
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: Falmouth

36. Porthallow
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

37. Porthmeor
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

38. Porthcurnick
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Falmouth

39. Porthluney Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: St Austell

40. Portholland
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: St Austell

41. Prussia Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Penzance

42. Rinsey Cove
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Porthleven

43. Seaton
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Looe

44. St Loy’s Cove
Beach type: rocky
Nearby town: Penzance

45. Sunny Cove
Beach type: sand and rocks
Nearby town: Falmouth

46. Vault
Beach type: sand and shingle
Nearby town: St Austell

47. Wherrytown
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Penzance

48. Whitsand Bay
Beach type: sandy
Nearby town: Looe

Accommodation Near Dog Friendly Beaches in South Cornwall

Our dog friendly Tregoad Holiday Park, located just a five-minute drive from charming Looe, is the perfect base from which to begin your Cornwall coastal adventures with your pup. Visit our website to book your next UK getaway!

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