dog friendly beaches in Cornwall

[jogguk]

I am Looking for a comprehensive list of all the cornish beaches that are dog friendly, i.e. ones that allow dogs on all year. I am sure there are some missing from the guides (like Milook just west of Widemouth bay)

These two appear to be the easiest reference sites to use, particularly this printable map Beaches that dogs are allowed on all year

Also this one as it has a good description of the beachesThe best dog walking beaches in Cornwall

You get to the beach carpark get all the gear out go to the P&D meter which not always informs you of the dog ban

 

[oldiebutgoodie]

It's horrible when you have walked along a path some distance and end up on a beach and get someone screaming at you that dogs are not allowed even though there has been no signage the way you accessed the beach. I for one will not visit Cornwall again due to the lack of access to the water for my dogs everywhere. (One just has to have her daily swim 365 days a year!)

 

[robjmckinney]

No just Cornwall

I tried along the South coast, from Southsea to Lyme Regis, same sort of issue, added to that every beach has a little man in a booth demanding money, from £3 to a £10 and of course no wild camping!

 

[jogguk]

It's horrible when you have walked along a path some distance and end up on a beach and get someone screaming at you that dogs are not allowed even though there has been no signage the way you accessed the beach. I for one will not visit Cornwall again due to the lack of access to the water for my dogs everywhere. (One just has to have her daily swim 365 days a year!)

To be fair I think Cornwall is very dog friendly place, dogs are allowed on many beaches and some of the best ones at that (Crantock, Fistral, Summerleze, Hollywell etc and not just the out of the way rocky coves)

As you pointed out the signage is the problem if you do not know beforehand what the restrictions are as you enter the town it is too late when you parked the van

With the abundance of irrelevant road signs in the hedgerows on the access roads to towns and villages one more informing of a dog ban would be helpful, just keep going to the next town/ beach, simples Some beaches (all St. Ives) only have a daytime ban between 8am and 7 pm why? Most families are off the beach by 5pm

Some of the big visitor attractions have undercover shaded parking areas exclusively for those leaving their dog in the car while looking around, shame you can't always get a campervan under them

These people Dog Holidays Cornwall will take good care of your pooch for a while if you need to take the family somewhere which does not allow dogs (Eden Project for example)

Still can't find an updated list, both of the ones I quoted before have omissions

 

[jogguk]

I tried along the South coast, from Southsea to Lyme Regis, same sort of issue, added to that every beach has a little man in a booth demanding money, from £3 to a £10 and of course no wild camping!

A lot of the Cornish coast carparks are National Trust, my annual subscription pays for itself

On the few occasions I go on to sites usually just need to empty water tanks, but if it a nice place may as well stay the night as it is a change to get the camp chairs out once in a while Oh they want to charge me £1.50 per night for the dog What's that all about He does not need to be plugged into the electric to charge his batteries or need to use the showers

 

[ROMA_D]

If you make it to Cornwall I can really recommend Daymer Bay. The beach is superb stretching down to Rock opposite Padstow on Camel Estuary. Dog heaven at lowish tide. Beautiful little St. Enodoc's church virtually on the beach. Safe swimming.
Parking £3.00 for day but well worth it. Nice beach cafe, toilets, cliff walks into Polzeath.
Two very reasonable campsites 5 mins away by van, Trewiston Farm ( stayed there last July, picturesque 15 min walk to Daymer) and one even closer and cheaper with lots of home grown veg and nice owner discovered on the day we were leaving.