Where to park for Porth Nanven<\/h2>
Park for free at the main St Just car park, behind the library, to enjoy a lovely mile-long walk down to the beach. Alternatively, park by the beach itself and miss out the stroll through Cot Valley.<\/p>
How to get to Porth Nanven beach<\/h2>
From the town, head south along Bosborne Terrace, which turns into Carrallack Lane, a quiet, gorse-lined road that winds down through rolling fields towards the sea, which is laid out in front of you along the horizon. <\/p>
At the bottom of Carrallack Lane, turn right on to the footpath. Follow it round to the right until you reach a road, and turn left through the valley. <\/p> Like much of Cornwall\u2019s quiet country lanes, the wooded verges are abundant with masses of wildflowers, such as three-cornered leek, cow parsley and lady\u2019s mantle. A word of warning: you\u2019ll spot old disused mine shafts to the left and right \u2013 these are not safe for exploring, as many of them aren\u2019t sealed off. Keep dogs on the lead.<\/p> If you\u2019re hoping for sand, you need to check the tide times as it is only exposed at low tide for around two hours a day. <\/p> Looking out towards the sea, you\u2019ll see the rocky twin peaks of the Brison islets, named for the Cornish word for \u2018prison\u2019 \u2013 brissen<\/i> \u2013 as they were once used as basic jails. However, in Cornish, they are known as Enys Vordardh<\/i>, or \u2018breaker island\u2019, as they have caused many historic shipwrecks. <\/p> These days, they are a busy nesting spot for gannets<\/a>, gulls<\/a>, storm petrels, puffins<\/a> and red-billed choughs; the islets\u2019 25m-high peaks slowly turn frosty white with guano throughout the breeding season. They are also thought to resemble a man on his back, leading to the nickname, \u2018Charles de Gaulle in his bath\u2019 \u2013 something the seabirds are indifferent to.<\/p> Above the beach, the South West Coast Path <\/a>runs up to Cape Cornwall. You could make a day of it and hike along it from the valley, following the road back up to St Just.<\/p> The defining features of this beach are the round granite boulders that give it the nickname Dinosaur Egg Beach, but you\u2019re unlikely to find fossils<\/a> here. Instead, look out for nesting peregrines <\/a>in the cliffs that frame the cove.<\/p> You may also like:<\/p> Just west of St Just lies Porth Nanven, a tranquil haven for seabirds, filled with landmarks from Cornish history, natural and man-made. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36669,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-scaled.jpg",2560,1688,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-300x198.jpg",300,198,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-768x506.jpg",768,506,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-1024x675.jpg",800,527,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-1536x1013.jpg",1536,1013,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/05\/porth-nanven-beach-cornwall-what-to-see-and-do-2048x1350.jpg",2048,1350,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Just west of St Just lies Porth Nanven, a tranquil haven for seabirds, filled with landmarks from Cornish history, natural and man-made.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What to see at Porth Nanven<\/h2>
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Dinosaur Egg Beach<\/h2>
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