Gwennap Head, St Levan

Name: Gwennap Head
Address: St Levan, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in St Levan

Nature, Natural attraction, Marine reserve

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Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village. The area of Gwennap Head is designated as part of the Penwith Heritage Coast and also designated as part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The South West Coast Path closely follows the coastline around the headland. ()

Coordinates: 50°2'11"N, 5°40'49"W

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St Levan United Kingdom

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Gwennap Head – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Levan's Church, Runnel Stone, Nanjizal, Porthcurno.

1 miNE
Church
St Levan's Church, St Levan
26 min walk • St Levan Church, St Levan is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Until 1864 the church was a chapelry of the Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St Buryan. It is now part of the united benefice of St Buryan and St Sennen.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Marine reserve
Runnel Stone, St Levan
13 min walk • The Runnel Stone, or Rundle Stone, is a hazardous rock pinnacle about 1-mile south of Gwennap Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It used to show above the surface at low water until a steamship struck it in 1923.
1.3 miNW
Beach
Nanjizal, St Levan
34 min walk • Nanjizal, also known as Mill Bay, is a beach and cove in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Situated one mile to the south-east of Land's End, Nanjizal has no direct access via road, and is usually reached via the South West Coast Path from Land's End in the north, or from Porthgwarra to the south.
1.3 miNE
Village, Area
Porthcurno, St Levan
33 min walk • Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.