Our personal favourite beach and also probably South East Cornwall’s best beach, but it’s not for everyone… and we tend to visit avoiding busier times, we like to swim here too
It has a three mile stretch of perfect sand but be aware that access to the beach is steep and challenging and also be aware that there are rip currents in this area and a risk of being cut off at high tide so keep an eye on the tide and be aware of access points to the beach, especially if you are walking
There are a number of access points to the beach, all are steep and are unsuitable for wheel chairs or push chairs. The main access points are at Tregantle, Sharrow Point, Freathy and Tregonhawke (we tend to use Sharrow Point or Freathy) all have steep paths and it take about 5 minutes to negotiate down to the beach
- Car park and limited layby parking at Tregantle, car park at Sharrow Point. There is also road parking and field car parking at Tregonhawke and there’s also other roadside fields opened for parking in summer when it can be very busy at times
- Dogs are allowed all year round at Whitsand Bay
