England

Cornwall

No flights, no passports, and rockpools that entertain small children for entire tides.

Best forFamily
Approx. flying time~10h 50m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportNewquay (NQY)

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About this place

Cornwall earns its place with surf schools for teens at Polzeath and Fistral, the Eden Project for rainy days and crabbing off every harbour wall. Base near St Ives or Padstow for the best mix of beach and food. Take the body boards; buy the pasties; accept the occasional sideways shower.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 8°C in January to 19°C in August. Driest January and April to August; wettest in October, with rain on about 18 days.

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August19° · rain 12 daysMild and often wet.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

Where to stay

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Our picks in this destination

Cohort St Ives St Ives · listed-building town hostel Grade II listed hostel on The Stennack with dorm beds and private rooms; open to the public at Easter, late July to early September, and over New Year only. Beacon Cottage Farm Holidays St Agnes · clifftop working-farm campsite Working farm campsite open 1 April to 30 September, pitches £28-£42 a night; the coast path passes at Wheal Coates and Chapel Porth beach is ten minutes' walk. Mariners Guest House Falmouth · town-centre guesthouse Guest house at 4 Grove Place near Falmouth harbour, 1.1km from Gyllyngvase Beach and 1.6km from Pendennis Castle; en-suite and private-bathroom king rooms, pet friendly. Old Success Inn Sennen Cove · beachfront brewery inn St Austell Brewery inn with twenty-four en-suite rooms at Sennen Cove; no on-site parking, the public beach car park opposite charges £10 per twenty-four hours. The Old Custom House Padstow · harbourside quay inn St Austell Brewery inn on Padstow's South Quay with twenty-three en-suite rooms in a listed building; bedrooms are on the first and second floors, reached by stairs. Artist Residence Cornwall Penzance · Georgian boutique inn Georgian inn at 20 Chapel Street in central Penzance, part of the Artist Residence group, with an on-site restaurant and bar and a courtyard garden. Housel Bay Hotel The Lizard · Victorian clifftop hotel Clifftop Victorian hotel above Housel Cove on the Lizard with 23 rooms and a coast-path gate from the garden; closes briefly each January for refurbishment. Watergate Bay Hotel Watergate Bay, Newquay · beachfront surf hotel On the beach at Watergate Bay near Newquay, with a sea-view indoor pool, three restaurants, beachside sauna, spa, supervised kids' zone and surf lessons on site.

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