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Kennegy Beach – a secret sandy bay beyond Prussia Cove

October 22, 2016

Kennegy beach at low tide with the sea still glistening on the sands

This autumn we’ve set out to explore the beautiful hidden beaches of West Cornwall that are within easy reach of Ednovean Farm. This week we visited the secret sandy bay just beyond Prussia cove, known as Kennegy Beach a beautiful cove of pristine golden sands framed by heathland with farmland dipping down to the cliffs edge

As we scrambled across the rock to the great sweep of golden sands, ours were the only footprints on the beach and our only company the seagulls preening at the waters edge.


Kennegy Beach

South facing Kennegy Beach, is a softer gentler place than the raw wild beauty of Portheras cove but if I half closed my eyes I could still imagine sailing boats lying at anchor a little way from the beach in this timeless place.

perfect golden sands leading to a blue sea at kennegy beach

To find Kennegy Beach

  • To reach Kennegy beach via road: – Turn seawards from Rosudgeon. There’s parking where the lane ends and then a delightful walk down through Prussia Cove along the coast footpath
  • Or walk westwards along the coastal footpath from the popular sandy beach at Praa Sands.
  • Walk eastwards from Perranuthnoe passed Stackhouse Cove and over Cudden Point to Prussia cove
rocks leading to a beach of golden sands framed by farmland in Cornwall


Our day

It was low tide when we reached Prussia cove, so we walked down towards Porth-an Als house. The footpath passes through the big circle of this lovely mysterious house set on the waters edge.  I always wonder what lies beyond the imposing front door and who used to live there. These days Porth-an-Als plays host to the young musicians and maestri for the International Musicians seminar. These take place in the spring and the autumn and somehow the haunting chamber music that echoes around the circle then only adds to the intrigue!

fine stonework in an old house
Porth-an-Als estate house jut above teh rocks at Kennegy Beach
A view down into a secluded cove framed by farmland

 As we emerged from under the shade of the pine trees to cross the stream it is impossible not to see the imposing orderly row of Coastguard cottage, dominating the hillside above us. These cottages were built to put an end to the smuggling at Prussia Cove by the Carter brothers. The coves were concealed from the excise men in Penzance by Cudden Point

Footprints in the sand leading from the sea

We took the narrow path down to Coules Cove where it is still possible to see the bricked up smugglers cellars and then clambered across the rocks to Kennegy Beach, testing our balance as we hopped and clambered from rock to rock.

I must admit to a secret thrill as we stepped on to the pristine sands and carefully skirted the sea bird colony on the tide line – how often do you have a beach all to yourself on a sunny autumn day in Cornwall!

Kennegy Beach should always be visited with an eye to the tide table as it is completed submerged by the sea at high tide with no access to the cliffs above.


Beware of being cut off at higth tide upon Kennegy Beach

Years ago there were some steps with the final descent down a rope form a rock platform but coastal erosion has claimed this and the subsequent trapeze like ladder. In my youth I used to worry that my nerve would fail me for the climb back up the rope and later I blanched at the very sight of the rope ladder that replaced this, so my choice and now the only option, is to clamber across the rocks from Coules cove at Prussia Cove.

Clouds gathering over the sea beyond a beach

A rope nd small ladder hanging down from an red ochre cliff face
Lone figure walking on an empty beach
Sea birds on the waters edge

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About Christine Taylor

Christine has written a weekly blog about life at Ednovean Farm and interesting places to visit in West Cornwall for over ten years now, concentrating on those off the beaten track places that only the locals find.

Charles and Christine Taylor have hosted Luxury Bed and Breakfast at Ednovean Farm Nr Penzance in West Cornwall since 1991 and live there with three cats and five horses, including a Spanish Stallion called Danni.

Ednovean Farm has been awarded AA five star gold for Bed and breakfast and is included in The Michelin Guide and The Alastair Sawday Guide .

The Farmhouse and gardens has been featured in BBC Homes and Antiques, Homes and Gardens. Period Living and 25 Beautiful Homes as well as being used as a film and photo shoot location.

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