Destination

Trevaunance Cove

Cornwall's tin-coast surf beach — cliffs, pilchard cellars and a proper pub above the sand. Wake at Trevaunance BecauseYouVan.

Trevaunance Cove sits below the old mining village of St Agnes on Cornwall's rugged north coast. It's a compact west-facing surf beach hemmed in by cliffs, with the ruined pilchard cellars on the headland and the Driftwood Spars pub a stumble from the sand. Hire the van for a proper long-haul run south — the North York Moors to the Atlantic in a single trip.

From our pickups

Ripon

~6 hours south via the M6 and M5.

Darlington

~6 hours 30 via the A1(M), M6 and M5.

Scotch Corner

~6 hours 15 via the M6 and M5 to St Agnes.

Highlights

  • West-facing surf beach — clean lines when the swell is in
  • Driftwood Spars — cliffside pub with its own microbrewery
  • St Agnes Head — heather, mineshafts and Atlantic sunsets
  • South West Coast Path to Chapel Porth in one long morning
  • Wheal Coates engine house — the classic tin-coast view

Suggested itinerary

A trip you could actually do.

  1. 01Night 1: Beacon Cottage Farm above St Agnes — sunset from the headland.
  2. 02Night 2: Coast Path walk to Chapel Porth, brew and back for a swim.
  3. 03Night 3: Perranporth or Portreath detour before the run north.

Best time to go: May-October; September lands the cleanest surf and quietest cliffs.

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