Cape Cornwall

Cornwall

The distinctive headland juts out into the ocean where two great bodies of water meet. Part of the Tin Coast and Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.

Cape Cornwall Road, St Just, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7NN

Opening times
See on map

The coast at Cape Cornwall with the area's distinctive 'hump' rock visible

Café
Little Wonder Cafe (not National Trust) serves a selection of hot and cold drinks, cakes and snacks
Car park
There is no overnight parking or camping permitted at Cape Cornwall
Dogs allowed
Dogs should be kept on leads due to steep terrain and mineshafts. Seasonal dog ban on Priests Cove beach and slipway from Easter Sunday to 30 September. Please don’t approach or feed cattle or ponies grazing at our sites, keep dogs on a lead (unless cattle come close in which case you should release them) and try not to get between animals and their young.
Toilet
Toilet facilities are available. Please check the website for opening times
Very steep routes, with uneven ground and some steps, old mine shafts and adits (horizontal mine shafts). Accessible toilets in car park. Ponies/cattle grazing over winter, please do not approach. Dogs should be kept on leads.
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Accessible toilet
There is an accessible toilet available. Please check the website for opening times
Steps/uneven terrain
There are some steps and narrow and informal paths, some of which are next to steep and unguarded drops. Please take care and keep children under close supervision and dogs on a lead. As this was a mine, there are mineshafts in places. Please be aware of this and keep to the footpaths
Map
Directions via Google Maps
By road
Coastal road B3306 from St Ives to Lands End. A3071 from Penzance to St Just. Take Cape Cornwall road, signposted from the centre of St Just, follow the road to its end at the carpark.
On foot
Cape Cornwall is located on the South West Coast Path, near St Just. Grid reference SW 35339 31788.
By train
Cape Cornwall is 5 miles from Penzance station.
By bus
Busses run regularly to St Just from Penzance.
Cycling
Cycling - more information
Cape Cornwall Road, St Just, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7NN
01736786934
tincoast@nationaltrust.org.uk

Planning your visit

Things to see and do at Cape Cornwall

From Brisons Rocks to the iconic chimney stack, coastal walks and variety of wildlife, there is lots to see and do at Cape Cornwall. See the waves of the Atlantic crash into the Tin Coast or seasonal wild flowers and meadows. Part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.

A brick chimney stack at Cape Cornwall with the sea behind it

Visiting Cape Cornwall with your dog

Cape Cornwall is a one pawprint rated place. Find out everything you need to know about visiting here with your dog.

Cape Cornwall map

Take a look at the map of Cape Cornwall to help plan your visit.

Follow the Countryside Code

Help to look after National Trust places by observing a few simple guidelines during your visit and following the Countryside Code.

A visitor carrying a backpack and walking along a footpath at Divis and the Black Mountain with stone walls either side, the countryside visible in the background.

Flying drones at our places

All aerial activity above our sites is prohibited unless specific permission is granted, according to an existing byelaw.

A footpath alongside a wire fence through a moody landscape with hills in the distance

Our work at Cape Cornwall

Discover what we’re doing to reverse the decline in wildflower meadows in the UK and how we’re protecting the impressive range of rare bees that have made a home at Cape Cornwall.