Outdoor Activities in Helston

Poldhu Cove Beach is the gentler of the two named here — a broad, open cove with facilities near the sand. Kynance Cove is the spectacular one, and spectacular in Cornwall usually means a steep path down and the same path back up carrying everything, possibly including a child. Tides count for a great deal at both, so check where the water will be before you settle on a spot.

Plenty, which is why this page runs longer than most coastal ones. Cornish Seal Sanctuary is the animal day out, Cornish Camels and Roskillys are farm visits of quite different character, and Newton Equestrian puts children on horseback. All of them stand up to wind better than a beach does, and Newton Equestrian is one of four here that records some cover as well.

That depends entirely on the day and the spot, and it is not a question any directory can settle for you. Coverack Windsurfing Centre and CST Experiences are the listings built around getting onto the water with somebody qualified watching, which is a very different proposition from wandering into the surf at an unpatrolled cove. If the group is going in, go where somebody is looking.

Roskillys and Cornish Camels keep the day outdoors without putting anybody near the water, and CST Experiences has covered space on the same site. On this peninsula wind decides things far more often than rain does, and an inland farm visit on a blustery day beats a cove that photographs beautifully and is unbearable in a gale.