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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Spend time studying Ordnance Survey Explorer maps of South West England and you'll bump into points of interest marked 'Logan Stone' or 'Logan Rock'. These are stones or rocks that can be rocked or 'logged'. Perhaps the...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Home to giants and fairies, witches and Iron Age people, the Logan Rock Headland (or Promontory) is a place of spectacular beauty, myth and legend. The setting is special. At the eastern end of Porthcurno Bay, the views...
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Located in Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula) is a relatively small area. Blond sand, polished granite cliffs and blue-green seas combine to form some of the best beaches in South West England and the UK. When the lig...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
South West England is blessed with a high number of gorgeous beaches. Those of us who photograph and write about the South West for PictureTheUK have visited many remarkable stretches of coastline over the decades. At lo...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
In our opinion, this is one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline* along the entire 630 mile South West Coast Path. *Other sections of coastline we'd recommend visiting in South West England for the views include...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
We've included 'Porthcurno Bay' on PictureTheUK as a point of reference. The bay isn't marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer 102 'Land's End' map but it's a convenient way to help people discover the many attractions wi...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Cribba Head is situated between Logan Rock Headland (or Promontory) and Penberth Cove on the The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula). Zoom in on the 'Satellite' setting of the accompanying Google map to see its...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
This small, white pyramid marks the spot where a submarine telegraph cable connected England to America via France. It's located on dramatic granite cliffs above Pedn Vounder Beach and Green Bay by Porthcurno village on...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Green Bay is part of a stunning arc of blond sand that lines Porthcurno Bay at low tide. Green Bay is the beach area between Porthcurno Beach and Pedn Vounder Beach. It backs onto Treen Cliff and is separated from Porthc...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
The beaches of the The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula) are a mix of sweeping arcs of sand, boulder fields and intimate coves. At the end of a wooded coastal valley, Penberth is one of the intimate coves. Gra...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
'Cornwall's theatre under the stars'. On the cliffs above Porthcurno Beach near Land's End, the south west tip of the UK. An open-air theatre looking out across the sea. Plays performed from June to September. Open to vi...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Porthcurno is a stunning sand beach a short distance from Land's End and St. Ives on the south west coast of Cornwall. Part of Porthcurno Bay, Porthcurno Beach is the west section of a huge low tide arc of sand that runs...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Today, billions of people around the world use the internet and mobile phones to communicate. In the middle of the 19th century, the first submarine telegraph cables were laid as the story of modern, global communication...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Penberth Valley is a long, wooded coastal valley on the The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula). The valley leads down to the delightful Penberth Cove with its fishing boats and blond granite cliffs. These types...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Rospletha Cliffs are in the western section of Porthcurno Bay. The granite cliffs are part of Pedn-men-an-mere or Wireless Point. The remarkable Minack Theatre is built from, and into, their rock. The views east over Por...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Follow the South West Coast Path east of Penberth Cove and very soon you'll come to a headland that offers sensational views of the granite cliffs and sometimes turquoise sea of La Scathe Cove. On a sunny day, visit for...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
This anonymous headland is part of the story of modern telecommunications. It's part of the story of cable telegraphy versus wireless technology. It's part of the story of the giant telecommunications company Cable&Wirel...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Explore the landscape around Porthcurno and you'll find clues to its past as a hub for global telecommunications. Behind Porthcurno Beach is the Porthcurno Telegraph Hut. Up on the cliffs to the west is Wireless Point. O...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Less than a mile away.
Porth Chapel is one of many compact blond sand beaches on the The Land's End Peninsula (The Penwith Peninsula). Set beneath high granite cliffs, Porth Chapel is best known for its connection with the stories surrounding...
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Located in Porthcurno, Cornwall, South West England, England
Approximately 1.0 miles away.
St Levan's Holy Well is set on cliffs high above the blond sand and polished granite cliffs of Porth Chapel. We've walked to St Levan's Holy Well on the South West Coast Path from both Porthcurno and Land's End. It's har...
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