St Loy's Cove, St Levan

Name: St Loy's Cove
Address: St Levan, United Kingdom

#11 among attractions in St Levan

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St Loy's Cove is a small wooded valley and beach in the civil parish of St Buryan in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located two miles to the south of St Buryan churchtown, and between Penberth and Lamorna. There are just a few buildings in the cove, one of which, Cove Cottage, provides bed and breakfast and a cafe. St Loy's is within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Boscawen SSSI and is part of a GCR Geological Conservation Review site. The South West Coast Path passes through the cove. ()

Coordinates: 50°3'7"N, 5°36'0"W

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St Levan United Kingdom

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St Loy's Cove – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tater Du Lighthouse, The Pipers, Tregiffian Burial Chamber, Merry Maidens.

1 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Tater Du Lighthouse, St Levan
26 min walk • Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives.
1.3 miNE
Prehistoric site
The Pipers, St Levan
33 min walk • The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Merry Maidens stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
0.9 miN
Archaeological site
Tregiffian Burial Chamber, St Levan
24 min walk • The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave. It has an entrance passage, lined with stone slabs, which leads into a central chamber.
1 miNE
Ruins, Mysterious site, View point
Merry Maidens, St Buryan
27 min walk • The Merry Maidens, also known as Dawn's Men is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom. A pair of standing stones, The Pipers is associated both geographically and in legend.

St Loy's Cove, St Levan

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St Loy's Cove – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Tater Du Lighthouse, St Levan

The Pipers, St Levan

Tregiffian Burial Chamber, St Levan

Merry Maidens, St Buryan