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is an open air bathing pool sitting on the beach next to Chapel Rock. It was created by adding a couple of concrete walls abutting the rock to enclose a shallow pool. The water is refilled daily by the high tides.
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A large stretch of golden sand, edged by impressive rocky cliffs. A shipping container filled with Lego toys was lost overboard in 1997, and there's a chance that you'll find one of the iconic plastic bricks on the beach, especially on the tide after a bad storm. RNLI Lifeguard on duty May to September. Dogs welcome, and must be kept on a leash during July and August. Wheelchair-accessible toilets nearby. Special wheelchair for sand can be rented (phone in advance for details).
volunteer run local history museum.
Perran Round (also known as St Piran's Round) is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of Rose, midway between the villages of Goonhavern and Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. It is described as the best surviving example of a plen-an-gwary, a medieval amphitheatre used for performing the Ordinalia, or Cornish miracle plays.
This 19th century ore-crusher still functions. The overshot waterwheel drives "stamps" which pound the ore, which is then shaken to separate good ore from debris. It's then smelted for tin: nowadays they use a small furnace and make it into giftware.