I want to show you some of the less publicised beaches in West Cornwall that are a little bit off of the beaten track and so perfect for a quiet day beside the sea.
The hidden gem that is Rinsey Beach that is about a ten minute drive from us at Ednovean Farm. The breaking waves make this secluded unspoilt beach a popular spot for local surfers but there is also a great tidal pool – Ray Pool – to the east of the beach for less arduous bathing!
Rinsey is a Tidal beach!
Maybe we should have checked the tide table before we set out because it was high tide when we reached Rinsey beach! We enjoyed watching the first big waves of autumn rolling across the cove for the afternoon anyway.
Explore Rinsey AONB
The neat workmanlike National Trust car park above Rinsey beach has spectacular views all the way to the Lizard over the jagged projecting headlands along the bay. Just as you would hope for in an Area of outstanding Natural beauty!
Rinsey East Cliff – Site of Special Scientific Interest
The long abandoned tin mine of Wheal Prosper presides over the heathland to east. The mineral outcrop to the east also makes part of the Rinsey East Cliff a site of Special Scientific Interest.
All in all it is a great spot for a real taste of Cornwall with echoes of the tin mines that brought sudden wealth to the county before slipping back to slumber undisturbed over the centuries with the relentless rhythm of the surf below.
Finding Rinsey Sat nav TR13 9SQ
Rinsey beach is just below Rinsey head tucked under the National Trust heathland. It lays between the harbour town of Porthleven and the popular expanse of golden beach of Praa Sands
We took the A384 to Ashton before turning off along the lane marked Rinsey and forked right after about half a mile. Eventually we reached a little hamlet of Rinsey a settlement of two groups of houses and this is where the tricky bit comes in there are no signs that I could see but turn right again and you will spot a tiny worn National Trust sign saying “Rinsey head” this leads to the car park.
The path leads on through a gate and I always admire the old engine house of Wheal Prosper just ahead that I think was restored for the previous Ross Poldark series.
The path to the beach turns to the left though and zigzags down the steep coastal stoop with the final yards thorough a narrow cut in the rocks to the first of the rocky ledges.
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