Hell's Mouth, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Name: Hell's Mouth
Address: Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Hell's Mouth is situated northeast of Gwithian on the South West Coast Path in the county of Cornwall, England, UK. The land is owned by the National Trust. It is part of a group of cliff faces in the area, with a café not far from the edge. ()

Coordinates: 50°14'15"N, 5°21'44"W

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Hell's Mouth – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Towans, Tehidy Country Park, Godrevy Lighthouse, The Bucket of Blood.

4.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Beach, Park
The Towans, Hayle
111 min walk • Towan is found in many placenames in Cornwall. However, The Towans usually refers to the three-mile stretch of coastal dunes which extends north-east from the estuary of the River Hayle to Gwithian beach with a midpoint near Upton.
2.5 miE
Park
Tehidy Country Park, Camborne
65 min walk • Tehidy Country Park is a country park in Illogan in Cornwall, England which incorporates 250 acres of the parkland and estate around Tehidy House, a former manor house of the Tehidy manor.
1.7 miW
Island, Lighthouse
Godrevy Lighthouse
44 min walk • Godrevy Lighthouse was built in 1858–1859 on Godrevy Island in St Ives Bay, Cornwall. Standing approximately 300 metres off Godrevy Head, it marks the Stones reef, which has been a hazard to shipping for centuries.
3.7 miSW
Nightlife
The Bucket of Blood, Hayle
95 min walk • The Bucket of Blood is a public house in Phillack, Hayle, Cornwall, owned by St Austell Brewery. It is thought to be named after an incident where the landlord brought up a bucket of blood from the building's well, as a murdered smuggler had been dropped there and the name has been recognised as one of the quirkiest in the country.
1.5 miSW
Church
St Gothian's Church
38 min walk • St Gothian's Church, Gwithian is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK. Nothing is known about St Gothian, Gocianus or Gwithian.
3.8 miS
50°10'56"N • 5°21'31"W
Gwinear Pitch & Putt, Hayle
98 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.3 miSW
Church
St Elwyn's Church, Hayle
110 min walk • St Elwyn’s Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK.
3.1 miSE
Church
St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne
80 min walk • St Martin and St Meriadoc's Church, Camborne is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Camborne, Cornwall.
4 miE
Playground, Archaeological site
Heartlands Cornwall, Camborne
102 min walk • Heartlands Cornwall, often known simply as Heartlands, is a World Heritage Site Gateway and visitor attraction in Pool, Cornwall, England, UK. It has been dubbed as Cornwall's first free cultural playground. It was developed at South Crofty's Robinson Shaft and spread over 19 acres in the former mining heart of Cornwall.
4.6 miSE
Museum
King Edward Mine, Camborne
119 min walk • The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by Cornwall Council. At the end of the 19th century students at the Camborne School of Mines spent much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines.
4.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Carwynnen Quoit
117 min walk • Carwynnen Quoit is a dolmen belonging to the Neolithic period, at Carwynnen near Camborne in west Cornwall. It is also known as 'The Giant's Quoit', 'The Giant's Frying Pan', 'Pendarvis Quoit' and 'Pendarves Quoit'.

Hell's Mouth, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty plan & book

Hell's Mouth – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)