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Cornwall’s seasonal dog beach ban has been reduced from four months to two!

Up until this year, the restrictions imposed by the county’s seasonal dog ban have made it hard for four-legged visitors and their owners to enjoy Summer in Cornwall to its fullest but all this is about to change!

Thanks to new regulations brought in by Rob Nolan, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Public Protection, following a largescale public survey, dog restrictions on Cornish beaches will be reduced from four months to just two. Originally spanning from May until September, the restrictions will now only be in place in July and August (except on beaches with Blue Flag status) and limited to the hours between 10am and 6pm – fantastic news for dogs and their owners!

Commenting on the existing restrictions, Rob Nolan stated: “At present they are different from place to place – some are 24 hours, some start at 7am. This is complicated and confusing, particularly for our visitors, so harmonising dates to two months, and times to 8 hours a day, will make them easier to comprehend and to enforce.”

So which beaches does this affect?

As well as Cornwall’s year-round dog-friendly beaches, our canine pups will be allowed on the following beaches from September to June throughout the day and from 1st July to 31st August outside of the hours of 10am and 6pm:

Cadgwith Cove, Cadgwith
Castle Beach, Falmouth
Cawsand Beach, Cawsand
Chapel Porth Beach, St Agnes
Church Cove, Gunwalloe
Crackington Havern, Bude
Crooklets Beach, Bude
Great Western Beach, Newquay
Harveys Towans, Hayle
Housel Bay, the Lizard
Kennack Sands Beach, the Lizard
Kynance Cove, the Lizard
Maenporth Beach, Falmouth
Mousehole Beach (to Skilly Beach), Mousehole
Newlyn Beach to Battery Rocks, Newlyn
Penzance Harbour to Marazion, Penzance
Perranuthnoe, near Marazion
Poldhu Beach, Mullion
Polurrian Cove Beach, Mullion
Polzeath Beach, Polzeath
Porth Beach, Porth
Porthcurno Beach, Porthcurno
Porthgwarra Beach, St Levan
Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives
Porthleven West Beach, Porthleven
Porthminster Beach, St Ives
Porthpean Beach, St Austell
Portmellon Cove, Mevagissey
Portreath Beach, Portreath
Praa Sands Beach, Praa Sands
Readymoney Cove, Fowey
Sennen Beach, Sennen
St George’s Well, Padstow
St Ives Harbour Beach, St Ives
Summer’s Beach, St Mawes
Swanpool Beach, Falmouth
Tattam’s Beach, Portscatho
Tunnel Beach, Falmouth

Cornwall’s Blue Flag Beaches

That said, Cornwall’s Blue Flag status beaches will retain their original restrictions for just over four months from 15th May to 30th September each year, between 10am and 6pm. For guests of Cowries, St Merryn – please note Trevone Beach is one of these beaches.