Hayle is a peaceful town built along the banks of the Hayle estuary. Hayle is famous for its beaches and dunes known as Hayle Towans. The beaches stretch for 5 miles and a secluded spot is always just minutes away.

The coastline around Hayle is both hauntingly beautiful and varied. There are marshes, dunes and many pretty walks to enjoy. Nearby are the spectacularly tall cliffs known as 'Hells Mouth'.

The lighthouse of Godrevy Head lies in a site of special scientific interest and its photogenic qualities may be familiar to viewers of such television programmes as Wycliffe. The novelist Virginia Woolf loved this area and it provided the inspiration for her famous novel "To The Lighthouse". The coastline here and on the Land's End peninsula provides some of the best surfing to be found in the area.

Meanwhile the tranquil Hayle estuary provides a haven for many types of wildlife. Puffins, kittiwakes, guillemots, lapwings, choughs, oystercatchers, starfish, grey seals, lobsters, jellyfish, badgers, foxes and of course many types of gulls make up some of the vast variety of animals found in Cornwall.

Godrevy Head

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