Hayle Beach

Hayle Beach in St Ives Bay has 3 miles of sandy, dog-friendly beach backed by sand dunes (“Towans”) and cliffs. The beach stretches from St Ives estuary up to Godrevy Point, where you will see the Godrevy lighthouse built in 1859.

Although we say Hayle Beach is dog-friendly, the beach is actually split into separate named beaches, and some of these individual sections have dog restrictions whilst others allow dogs all year around.

The stretches of beach named running away from the Hayle estuary:

• Hayle Towans Beach (also known as Harveys Towans) runs from Hayle Estuary to Black Cliffs and does not allow dogs between 1st July to 31st August (10 am to 6 pm).
• Mexico Towans Beach is a dog-friendly beach running away from Black Cliffs.
• Upton Towans Beach is a dog-friendly stretch roughly in the middle of the 3 miles stretch of sand and is roughly marked by a rocky outcrop at the top.
• Gwithian Towans Beach does not allow dogs between 1st July to 31st August (10 am to 6 pm).
• Godrevy Beach is a sand and rocky beach at the far end of Hayle beach that looks out onto the lighthouse and does not allow dogs between 1 July – 31 August (10 am – 6 pm).

This great dog-friendly family beach has room for everyone, even on the hottest and busiest summer days. But you need to be careful especially at low tide, as there are no clear signs to show where dogs are and are not allowed. At a very simple level, you can go to the middle section where the high dunes exist, marked at the bottom by Black Cliffs and another rocky outcrop before Gwithian Towans.

The beach has lifeguards during the summer, a few choices of cafes and car parking at either end where the middle is footpaths through the dunes, mainly from the holiday parks.