Season: summer
Just after high tide, Treen Cove and its beach were engulfed by the Atlantic. There was a tranquil atmosphere down by the water. You sense the great distance to the west as you look out from the rocks here, all the way to America.
Rupert’s enduring reference point, the beach, wherever he is.
Enjoying the beauty of Treen Cove in the morning.
Season: autumn
Treen Cove is exactly half way between St Ives and St Just, six miles each way on the scenic coast road. With no facilities and a long and at times tricky path to negotiate from behind the Gurnard’s Head Hotel, access takes a bit of effort, but it’s well worth it. When here, you feel very close to a big ocean and its motions and you can walk even closer to it via the Gurnard’s Head itself.
With Lucy and Andy at Treen Cove, across from the Gurnard’s Head.
Seals in the water at Treen Cove in Penwith.
A first view of Treen Cove and across to the Gurnard’s Head.
Season: spring
The low tide at Treen Cove revealed a pristine sandy beach, backed by rounded, dense stones, fashioned by the Atlantic. The cove’s cliffs feature waterfalls that shower the beach, through lime and limpet green foliage. This is an inaccessible beach and you need to keep an eye on the tide here. The compensation is a totally unspoilt wonderland of textures and colour, with the Gurnard’s Head rocks to the south, plus Zennor and Morvah in close attendance. It’s a taste of wild Cornwall.
On a brand new beach at Treen Cove.
Extra winter visit photo gallery
Season: spring
This visit was an outstanding sensory experience, via the beauty of an exposed sandy beach.
Treen Cove, as seen from the back of the beach at low tide.
Best escape anyone can have, sand through your toes and clear blue sea.