1. Home
  2. England
  3. Devon and Cornwall
  4. Cornwall
  5. Cornwall
  6. Roward's Quay

Roward's Quay

Coastal Feature, Headland, Point in Cornwall

England

Roward's Quay

Mevagissey - Inner Harbour The inner harbour at Mevagissey is well protected by several breakwaters. As can be seen, it is a popular place to moor boats. There are coastal trips available from this little port.
Mevagissey - Inner Harbour Credit: Rob Farrow

Roward's Quay is a stunning coastal feature located in Cornwall, England. Situated on a headland, it offers breathtaking views of the rugged coastline and the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. This prominent point is known for its dramatic cliffs, which rise majestically from the sea, creating a striking backdrop against the crashing waves.

The unique geological formations found at Roward's Quay are a result of millions of years of erosion and weathering. The cliff faces showcase a variety of rock types, including granite and slate, which add to the area's natural beauty. These cliffs also serve as nesting grounds for numerous seabird species, making it a popular spot for birdwatching enthusiasts.

Access to Roward's Quay is relatively easy, with a well-maintained footpath leading visitors to the headland. Along the way, there are several lookout points where visitors can pause to take in the panoramic views and snap some memorable photographs. The area is also home to a small sandy beach, which can be reached via a steep staircase. This beach is perfect for sunbathing, picnicking, or even exploring rock pools during low tide.

Roward's Quay is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, offering opportunities for hiking, fishing, and even kayaking along the coast. The surrounding area is rich in flora and fauna, with wildflowers and various coastal plants adding color to the landscape. It is also not uncommon to spot seals or dolphins frolicking in the waters nearby.

Overall, Roward's Quay is a remarkable coastal feature that showcases the beauty and diversity of Cornwall's coastline. It is a must-visit destination for nature lovers and those seeking a serene and picturesque coastal experience.

Show me another place!

If you have any feedback on the listing, please let us know in the comments section below.

Roward's Quay Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 50.257828/-4.7706349 or Grid Reference SX0243. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Mevagissey - Inner Harbour The inner harbour at Mevagissey is well protected by several breakwaters. As can be seen, it is a popular place to moor boats. There are coastal trips available from this little port.
Mevagissey - Inner Harbour
The inner harbour at Mevagissey is well protected by several breakwaters. As can be seen, it is a popular place to moor boats. There are coastal trips available from this little port.
Mevagissey - Preening shag I am reliably informed that this is a shag (Gulosus aristotelis) rather than a cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) as "the eye is separate from the bare skin at the base of the bill. Other useful signs for a shag are a thin bill, steep forehead, relatively longer tail and slimmer neck" (thanks to Hugh <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3176" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3176">Link</a> for this information) I think it is quite a young bird as it does not seem to have its full adult plumage, and apparently the fact that he has a white chin is indicative of this. It was busy preening itself on rocks just outside Mevagissey harbour.
Mevagissey - Preening shag
I am reliably informed that this is a shag (Gulosus aristotelis) rather than a cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) as "the eye is separate from the bare skin at the base of the bill. Other useful signs for a shag are a thin bill, steep forehead, relatively longer tail and slimmer neck" (thanks to Hugh Link for this information) I think it is quite a young bird as it does not seem to have its full adult plumage, and apparently the fact that he has a white chin is indicative of this. It was busy preening itself on rocks just outside Mevagissey harbour.
St Andrew's Church, Mevagissey Congregational School dated 1873. Now a United Reformed/Methodist Church.
St Andrew's Church, Mevagissey
Congregational School dated 1873. Now a United Reformed/Methodist Church.
Mevagissey War Memorial The war memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross with an incised edge detail to the column. It stands on a square plinth with rounded corners, on a square base. On the southeast side of the plinth is a dressed-granite inset with an inscription in black metal lettering. It is Grade II-listed (List Entry Number: 1420128 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1420128?section=official-list-entry" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1420128?section=official-list-entry">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England)
Mevagissey War Memorial
The war memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross with an incised edge detail to the column. It stands on a square plinth with rounded corners, on a square base. On the southeast side of the plinth is a dressed-granite inset with an inscription in black metal lettering. It is Grade II-listed (List Entry Number: 1420128 LinkExternal link Historic England)
The War Memorial, Mevagissey The Mevagissey war memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross with an incised edge detail to the column. It stands on a square plinth with rounded corners, on a square base. On the southeast side of the plinth is a dressed-granite inset with an inscription in black metal lettering. It is Grade II-listed (List Entry Number: 1420128 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1420128?section=official-list-entry" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1420128?section=official-list-entry">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England)
The War Memorial, Mevagissey
The Mevagissey war memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross with an incised edge detail to the column. It stands on a square plinth with rounded corners, on a square base. On the southeast side of the plinth is a dressed-granite inset with an inscription in black metal lettering. It is Grade II-listed (List Entry Number: 1420128 LinkExternal link Historic England)
Fore Street, Mevagissey Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Fore Street, Mevagissey
Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Mevagissey Inner Harbour Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Mevagissey Inner Harbour
Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
The Inner Harbour, Mevagissey Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
The Inner Harbour, Mevagissey
Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Mevagissey, Victoria Pier The two outer breakwaters (the North Pier and the Victoria Pier) were completed in 1888, providing Mevagissey with an outer harbour that protects the village and its fishing fleet from south-easterly storms.
Mevagissey, Victoria Pier
The two outer breakwaters (the North Pier and the Victoria Pier) were completed in 1888, providing Mevagissey with an outer harbour that protects the village and its fishing fleet from south-easterly storms.
Lighthouse on Victoria Pier, Mevagissey Victoria Pier Head lighthouse was constructed in 1896. It is still active.
Lighthouse on Victoria Pier, Mevagissey
Victoria Pier Head lighthouse was constructed in 1896. It is still active.
Mevagissey North Pier and Outer Harbour The two outer breakwaters (the North Pier and the Victoria Pier) were completed in 1888, providing Mevagissey with an outer harbour that protects the village and its fishing fleet from south-easterly storms.
Mevagissey North Pier and Outer Harbour
The two outer breakwaters (the North Pier and the Victoria Pier) were completed in 1888, providing Mevagissey with an outer harbour that protects the village and its fishing fleet from south-easterly storms.
Fishing Boats in Mevagissey Outer Harbour Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Fishing Boats in Mevagissey Outer Harbour
Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) at Mevagissey Harbour Black sea bird, about the size of a goose on the rocks at Mevagissey Harbour.
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) at Mevagissey Harbour
Black sea bird, about the size of a goose on the rocks at Mevagissey Harbour.
Cormorant at Mevagissey Black sea bird, about the size of a goose on the rocks at Mevagissey Harbour.
Cormorant at Mevagissey
Black sea bird, about the size of a goose on the rocks at Mevagissey Harbour.
West Wharf, Mevagissey Inner Harbour Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
West Wharf, Mevagissey Inner Harbour
Mevagissey is a village and fishing port. The village is situated five miles south of St Austell. It nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours have a mixture of pleasure vessels and fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential.
Inner Harbour (East Wharf) Looking across the inner harbour at Mevagissey, from the West Wharf, towards the East Wharf.
Inner Harbour (East Wharf)
Looking across the inner harbour at Mevagissey, from the West Wharf, towards the East Wharf.
Coastal pasture, Mevagissey The coast path south of Portmellon approached Chapel Point.
Coastal pasture, Mevagissey
The coast path south of Portmellon approached Chapel Point.
Clifftop and farmland, St Goran The coast path above Pabyer Point roughly midway between Gorran Haven and Portmellon.
Clifftop and farmland, St Goran
The coast path above Pabyer Point roughly midway between Gorran Haven and Portmellon.
Show me another place!

Roward's Quay is located at Grid Ref: SX0243 (Lat: 50.257828, Lng: -4.7706349)

Unitary Authority: Cornwall

Police Authority: Devon and Cornwall

What 3 Words

///siblings.managed.materials. Near Mevagissey, Cornwall

Nearby Locations

Roward's Quay Colona Beach Chapel Point

Related Wikis

Portmellon
Portmellon

Portmellon (Cornish: Porthmelin) is a coastal settlement in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is one mile south of Mevagissey and six miles south...

Mevagissey
Mevagissey

Mevagissey (; Cornish: Lannvorek) is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately...

Gorran Haven
Gorran Haven

Gorran Haven (Cornish: Porthust) is a fishing village, in the civil parish of St Goran, on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 2 miles...

Lamledra
Lamledra

Lamledra is a house near Gorran Haven in Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated immediately above Vault Beach. It was built in 1911 by the barrister, John...

Nearby Amenities

Located within 500m of 50.257828,-4.7706349
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.254043/-4.768234
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2543662/-4.7687045
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2547229/-4.7689727
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2546749/-4.7695413
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2549012/-4.7701421
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2549698/-4.7704103
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2559399/-4.7707637
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2559106/-4.7689832
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2559002/-4.7680846
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2560193/-4.7662191
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.256129/-4.765912
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.256645/-4.76573
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.256761/-4.766534
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Source: PGS
Lat/Long: 50.2569446/-4.7671262
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Barrier: kissing_gate
Foot: yes
Lat/Long: 50.2547871/-4.7706728
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Bench
Backrest: no
Lat/Long: 50.2547652/-4.769719
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Bench
Backrest: no
Lat/Long: 50.2541479/-4.768646
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
Barrier: kissing_gate
Lat/Long: 50.2573051/-4.7723785
OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.
Ferry Rock Buteshire
Mor-y-gost Pembrokeshire

Have you been to Roward's Quay?

Leave your review of Roward's Quay below (or comments, questions and feedback).

© 2024 UK Place Database | Privacy