Bathing water quality in Cornwall

Cornwall has 90 designated bathing waters. The regulator's latest classifications are 80 Excellent, 8 Good and 1 Sufficient.

Updated July 2026

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The cleanest beaches in Cornwall

Rated Excellent or Good in the regulator's latest annual classification. Open any beach for today's live verdict.

Rated Excellent Booby's Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Carbis Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Cawsand Cornwall Rated Excellent Chapel Porth Cornwall Rated Excellent Charlestown Cornwall Rated Excellent Church Cove Cornwall

Every bathing water in Cornwall

Rated Excellent Booby's Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Carbis Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Cawsand Cornwall Rated Excellent Chapel Porth Cornwall Rated Excellent Charlestown Cornwall Rated Excellent Church Cove Cornwall Rated Excellent Constantine Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Coverack Cornwall Rated Excellent Crackington Haven Cornwall Rated Excellent Crinnis Beach Cornwall Rated Excellent Crooklets Cornwall Rated Excellent Daymer Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Downderry Cornwall Rated Excellent Duporth Cornwall Rated Excellent Fistral North Cornwall Rated Excellent Fistral South Cornwall Rated Excellent Godrevy Towans Cornwall Rated Excellent Gorran Haven Little Perhaver Cornwall Rated Excellent Great Western Cornwall Rated Excellent Gwithian Towans Cornwall Rated Excellent Gwynver Cornwall Rated Excellent Gyllyngvase Cornwall Rated Excellent Harlyn Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Hayle Towans Cornwall Rated Excellent Holywell Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Kennack Sands Cornwall Rated Excellent Long Rock Cornwall Rated Excellent Lusty Glaze Cornwall Rated Excellent Maenporth Cornwall Rated Excellent Marazion Cornwall Rated Excellent Mawgan Porth Cornwall Rated Excellent Mexico Towans Cornwall Rated Excellent Millendreath Cornwall Rated Excellent Mother Ivey`s Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Northcott Mouth Cornwall Rated Excellent Pendower Cornwall Rated Excellent Pentewan Cornwall Rated Excellent Penzance Cornwall Rated Excellent Perranporth Penhale Sands Cornwall Rated Excellent Perranuthnoe Cornwall Rated Excellent Poldhu Cove Cornwall Rated Excellent Polkerris Cornwall Rated Excellent Polstreath Cornwall Rated Excellent Polurrian Cove Cornwall Rated Excellent Polzeath Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthallow Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthcothan Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthcurnick Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthcurno Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthgwidden Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthkidney Sands Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthleven Sands Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthmeor Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthminster Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthoustock Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthpean Cornwall Rated Excellent Porthtowan Cornwall Rated Excellent Portmellon Cornwall Rated Excellent Portreath Cornwall Rated Excellent Portwrinkle Cornwall Rated Excellent Praa Sands East Cornwall Rated Excellent Praa Sands West Cornwall Rated Excellent Sandymouth Cornwall Rated Excellent Seaton (Cornwall) Cornwall Rated Excellent Sennen Cornwall Rated Excellent Sharrow Cornwall Rated Excellent Shorthorn Beach Cornwall Rated Excellent Summerleaze Cornwall Rated Excellent Swanpool Cornwall Rated Excellent Tolcarne Cornwall Rated Excellent Towan Cornwall Rated Excellent Tregonhawke Cornwall Rated Excellent Trevaunance Cove Cornwall Rated Excellent Trevone Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Treyarnon Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Upton Towans Cornwall Rated Excellent Vault Beach Cornwall Rated Excellent Watergate Bay Cornwall Rated Excellent Wherry Town Cornwall Rated Excellent Widemouth Sand Cornwall Rated Good Crantock Cornwall Rated Good East Looe Cornwall Rated Good Kingsand Cornwall Rated Good Par Sands Cornwall Rated Good Perranporth Cornwall Rated Good Porth Cornwall Rated Good Readymoney Cove Cornwall Rated Good Trebarwith Strand Cornwall Rated Sufficient Porthluney Cornwall Unclassified Lostwithiel, River Fowey Cornwall

Common questions

Which beach is cleanest in Cornwall?: Booby's Bay holds an Excellent classification, the regulator's top tier. 88 of the 90 bathing waters in Cornwall are rated Excellent or Good.
How many bathing waters are in Cornwall?: 90. The regulator's latest classifications are 80 Excellent, 8 Good and 1 Sufficient.