Porthcurno is a spectacular holiday beach in Cornwall with clifftop open-air Minack Theatre and hi-tech history Telegraph Museum. Get accommodation, food, drink and travel info here for a lovely visit to Cornwall's silicon beach and the coastal footpath, plus …

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01736 810 834 This bright cafe and gift shop at the top of the beach path, opposite the Porthcurno carpark, serves food and all sorts of coffee and cake and icecreams and beverages, indoors and on the patio!

Porthcurno was the great telecommunications hub of the nineteenth century, starting from 1870 when the first underwater telegraph cable from India came ashore at Porthcurno. The transatlantic cable and twelve others followed, and the Cable and Wireless company set up a global training centre for their technical staff at Porthcurno.

The Porthcurno valley road to carparks at the museum, beach, and Minack Theatre is narrow and bounded by walls and a stream, with frequent traffic jams when vehicles meet. Traffic to the Minack Theatre has been trapping residents in their homes for many hours a day.

From Land's End to Porthcurno is a scenic 5 mile / 8 km coastal walk, including Nanjizal bay, and from Porthcurno on to Lamorna Cove is 6 miles / 9.5km, and walking from Lamorna on to Penzance is a bit less.

There are three beaches at Porthcurno. The main Porthcurno beach is a large family beach with seasonal lifeguard cover, an easy 200m walk from a bus stop, cafe, toilets, pub, telecoms museum, car park, and the scenic coastal footpath.

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Porthcurno - silicon surfing Lost Limericks of Cornwall The 2020 and 2021Covid lockdowns have confined many to their homes, their memories and their imaginations, with some unearthing lost treasures and astonishing artefacts left lurking in cobwebbed corners and disused diaries.

Porthcurno is the smallest community accepted, thanks to the excellent work of those who submitted the application, and thanks also to Porthcurno's scenic bay and beach, technology history and museum, live transatlantic fibre optic cables, and thriving open air theatre.