Kynance Cove

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Kynance Cove.  Kynance Cove Cafe offers a variety of interesting dishes including hot dogs, sandwiches, burgers, jacket potatoes, and pasties – it also offers a variety of refreshing beverages and desserts.  The Top House Inn is a hotel that has a restaurant which offers many delicious dishes including pizzas, baguettes, roast meat, and seafood.  Ellie’s Soul Kitchen is a seasonal restaurant that offers a variety of excellent Mediterranean-inspired dishes including falafel, shawarma, grilled seafood, and lamb platters.  Chimichangas Tex-Mex offers a variety of excellent Mexican dishes including nachos, quesadillas, tacos, burritos, and chimichangas.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, Ann's Pasties & Bar is known for serving excellent Cornish-style pasties and it also serves sausages and local beers.

If you are looking for hotels near Kynance Cove, there are many great nearby options.  Housel Bay Hotel offers many amenities including multiple restaurants, a bar, and complimentary breakfast – it also offers amazing ocean views.  Cadgwith Cove Inn is a 20-minute-drive away and another good restaurant that offers a restaurant, a bar, a library, a lounge, and a terrace – it also has interesting artifacts within its premises.  Top House Inn is another great hotel that offers a restaurant and outdoor picnic areas – it is also located close to many of the major landmarks around Lizard.  A more affordable option is the Haelarcher Farmhouse that offers a lawn and outdoor sitting areas – it also has a Westland Lynx ZD566 helicopter that has been refurbished into a quirky camping site.  If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near the beach, The Old Bakery Bed and Breakfast offers a garden with a small pond and outdoor sitting areas

Kynance Cove does not have lifeguards or any other amenities, except a few seasonal restrooms and a concession stand.

Dogs usually are not allowed at the beach in July and August between 10 am and 6 pm.  They are allowed here during the rest of the year.

Kynance Cove offers many fun activities including sunbathing, swimming, hiking, paddleboarding, boating, surf-skiing, tidepooling, snorkelling, kayaking, canoeing, and wildlife watching.

The best time to swim here is during low tide because the turquoise water here usually has manageable conditions.  Some expert swimmers also visit a natural rock pool near the beach called the Kynance Cove Mermaid Pool – this rock pool has a vibrant marine biodiversity and it offers a fun swimming experience.

If you are planning to swim, snorkel, or canoe here, we recommend being careful because the water here can have unpredictable rip currents and dangerous waves.

At low tide, you can explore the interesting caves and islets around the beach – the caves here are known to have a unique kind of metamorphic rock called Suprentine Rock.  In addition, one of the famous islets that you can explore around this beach is Asparagus Island and it has a natural blowhole.

If you like taking pictures with beautiful views, Kynance Cove and the cliff top area above it offer a stunning view of the Northern Atlantic Ocean and the Cornish Coast.  If you like birdwatching, you can see many kinds of resident and migratory birds around the beach.

If you like hiking, you can hike along a hiking trail named South West Coast Path – this trail will lead you to a headland named Lizard Point, which offers an amazing hiking and wildlife watching experience.  It also offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Lizard Peninsula and the Northern Atlantic Ocean – in addition, this headland is also an amazing picnicking site.

Kynance Cove has a wheelchair-friendly access path for disabled visitors.

Getting to Kynance Cove is easy – this beach is easily accessible from a local highway named A3083 and there are street signs around the beach that offer driving directions to the beach.

There is a paid National Trust car park near the beach that charges around £2 for one hour, £5 for four hours, and £10 if you are parking for more than four hours.  Once you park here, you can walk to the beach through multiple access trails – one of the trails to the beach includes a steep stairway.  We recommend wearing sturdy footwear while visiting this beach to avoid the risks of being cut by large sharp rocks.

We also recommend visiting this beach early during weekends and summers because the parking lot here can get crowded quickly, particularly in July and August.  In addition, the best time to visit here is between May and June because the weather is considerably more pleasant here.

If you want to explore Kynance Cove, we recommend checking the Kynance Cove tide times and visiting this beach at low tide because at high tide it becomes significantly waterlogged.

This beach was a popular tourist destination in the Victorian era and some of the notable visitors to the beach included Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert, and British poets Alfred Tennyson and Algernon Swinburne.  In addition, this beach was used as a filming location for the famous British period television series Poldark – in addition, the Cornish name of the beach  – Ben Kewnans – means “ravine” in the Cornish language.

There are many attractions near Kynance Cove.  The Lizard Station is a lifeguard station that was initially established in the mid 19th century and it also houses a Tamar-class lifeboat. This lifeguard station has interesting exhibitions – these exhibits are based on Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s operations around the Lizard Peninsula.  The Lizard Wireless Station is a 16-minute-drive away and it was the site of famous inventor Guglielmo Marconi’s early radio transmission experiments – visitors can see much of the original and restored interior decoration and radio equipment from the early 1900s.  As an interesting fact, this station was the first to receive an SOS call from a nearby ship in 1910.  Housel Bay Beach is a small secluded beach with large rocks and light brown sand that offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, hiking, and fishing.  This beach is ideal for visitors looking for a quiet beach visit and it also offers amazing views of the Lizard Peninsula and the Northern Atlantic Ocean.  St. Wynwallow’s Church is a church that was initially built in the 7th century and it has some portions dating back to the Norman Era – this church is the southernmost church in mainland Great Britain and it also offers a unique insight into the local history.  If you are looking for another attraction near the beach, the Lizard Lighthouse is a lighthouse that was built in 1752 by local landowner and politician Thomas Fonnereau and it was built on the southernmost point of mainland Great Britain – it consists of two lighthouse towers with cottages between them.  This lighthouse offers interesting exhibitions that offer unique insights into its history and how lighthouses have played important roles in maritime safety.