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Find places to stay in and around St Just on the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall. Top coastal walking on the South West Coast Path and sublime beaches in local area including Sennen Cove and the beaches that form St Ives Bay.

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Porth Nanven, Cornwall

Located in St. Just, Cornwall, South West England, England
Porth Nanven is a beach at the end of the Cot Valley on The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula). It is part of the Aire Point to Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Access on foot is via the South West Coast Path that cuts across the valley. You can also walk in on a path that leads down from St Just. Access by car is via a road that terminates by the beach. There's limited parking here. We'd recommend viewing Google's Street View to see more
'The cliff and foreshore at Porth Nanven is important for Quaternary geomorphology and stratigraphy, providing a particularly good example of an unusual type of raised beach facies, namely a raised boulder beach. It comprises a coarsening-up sequence of deposits with an upper two-metre thick layer of boulder (up to 0.6m long), overlying four metres of smaller cobbles and gravels. The beach deposits are overlain by a substantial thickness of fining-up head, with coarse angular boulders at the base. The deposits at Porth Nanven demonstrate Quaternary changes in relative sea-level, wave energy, sediment supply and climate.' (Source: Natural England PDF guide to the 'Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI' to which we provide an external link)
There are similar boulders and rocks packed into the cliff that rises behind Portheras Cove
By James Penman

External Links
www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk

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Cot Valley, Cornwall

Located in St. Just, Cornwall, South West England, England

Less than a mile away.

The Cot Valley is one of a number of beautiful wooded valleys that fringe The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula). The South West Coast Path cuts across Cot Valley. Sennen is four miles south. Cape Cornwall is o...

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Ballowall Barrow - Carn Gluze, Cornwall

Located in St. Just, Cornwall, South West England, England

Less than a mile away.

A short, sharp walk south west of Cape Cornwall is Ballowall Barrow. Dating from the Bronze Age, this burial cairn is one of the most impressive we've seen on The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula). When we fir...

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Carn Gloose, Cornwall

Located in St. Just, Cornwall, South West England, England

Less than a mile away.

In an area known for its stunning coastline, the views north and south from the rocky outcrops of Carn Gloose are up there with the best of them. Close to St. Just, this is a superb place. The Land's End Peninsula (The P...

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Cape Cornwall Golf & Leisure Resort, Penzance (Hotel)

Less than a mile away.

Total Rooms: 8; Rates: £70 - £90 Per Night

Nestled above the cliff tops in Penzance, boasting panoramic views over the English Channel, this charming hotel provides the ideal base from which to discover Cornwalla s picturesque coastline...

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The Commercial Hotel, Penzance (Hotel)

Less than a mile away.

Total Rooms: 11; Rates: £40 - £70 Per Night

A former coaching inn run by the Woolcock family for over 100 years, the Commercial Hotel is well known locally for its great food and warm Cornish welcome...

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Captain's Cottage (Cottage)

Less than a mile away.

Rates: £419 - £953 Per Week

In the heart of the village a short stroll from its shops pubs and restaurants Captain's Cottage boasts a courtyard patio with small games room and sauna. Attractively furnished and spacious it sits at the roadside a...

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