Where to stay

Mullion

The largest village on The Lizard, Mullion and its harbour are surrounded by a rugged coastline and green fields.

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Polurrian Cove

Beaches

The main beach for holiday makers to Mullion is at nearby Polurrian Cove. This is actually nearer to Mullion village than Mullion Cove and can be accessed by a footpath. It's a sandy beach popular with surfers and families.

The South West Coast path runs through Polurrian Cove and is the best way of accessing the beach, unless you walk down from Mullion village. There is no parking at the beach.

There are lifeguards on the beach, but only at weekends between July and September.

Please note: Dogs are welcome on this beach except between 1 July and 31 August (10am - 6pm) when a seasonal dog ban is in place.

Other beaches in the area include Poldhu Cove, Church Cove at Gunwallow and Kynance Cove to the south. All have National Trust car parks.

FAQs

A tradtional Cornwall 'pilchard and smuggling' village, the 15th century church of St Mellanus in the centre of Mullion is worth visiting, above all for the noteworthy wood carvings in the interior. The village also contains plenty of tourist facilities, from fish restaurants to gift shops, and from art shops to pubs.
Mullion Island is a bird sanctuary just offshore from Mullion Cove on Cornwalls Lizard Peninsula. It’s well known for its breeding colonies of Black-backed Gulls, Kittiwakes, Cormorants and Guillemots. There is no public access to the island which belongs to the National Trust, but you can sometimes get a boat trip around it. A visit by National Trust rangers in 2019 found the island littered with thousands of elastic bands. It is thought that the gulls mistake the bands for food while feeding in fields on the mainland and are later regurgitated by birds roosting on the island.
Yes, the cove is owned by the National Trust and there are public toilets there.

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