Trebetherick is a superb location for those who love the Cornish coast. There is truly something for everyone, whether young or young-at-heart with surfing and swimming to sandcastle-building, rock-pooling and exploring the cliff paths of the Rumps and Pentire Point.

Polzeath beach is a magnificent stretch of golden sand and a haven for surfers, body-boarders, paddle-boarders and beach lovers alike. Acclaimed as one of the best surfing beaches in the country, the Blue Flag beach is very popular with bathers and bordered by rock-pools that entertain small children for hours. Although generally a safe beach, Polzeath can get large surf and rips, so care should be taken at all times, which is why there are lifeguards on the beach during the daytime in the summer season.

Wetsuits and boards can be hired on the beach by the hour, and individual and group surf lessons can be booked to suit all abilities.

Walk to the area of outstanding beauty that is the National Trust land at Pentire to Pentire Point. In the springtime it is an extensive carpet of wild flowers, with its network of footpaths giving stunning views of the Atlantic. There is a wide variety of bird life all along the coast towards 'The Rumps', where gannets and cormorants can be seen fishing, and occasionally grey seals and dolphins have been sighted.

Daymer Bay is in the mouth of the Camel estuary and unlike Polzeath has very little in the way of surf. It is excellent for swimming and is dog friendly. Brae Hill sits proudly next to the beach, which is well worth climbing for the superb views that it affords of Hawkers cove,, the Doom Bar and Stepper Point.