Priests Cove is distinctively Cornish; a rocky beach with the remains of the Victorian mining industry and fishermen’s sheds overgrown by wild flowers. A scenic and south-facing pebble beach that has nothing do with clergy. The name, as story goes, is actually a mistake. Priest's Cove was originally known as St Just Cove or Porth Ust in Cornish. This was subsequently shortened to “Por Us” Cove and when Ordnance Survey mapped the remote area for the first time, they mistakenly named it Priest’s Cove and the name stuck.
A small fishing bay with a quaint slipway, it sits in the crook of Cape Cornwall, overlooked by its imposing cliffs. Owned and cared for by the National Trust, Cape Cornwall is part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site and has been shaped by the full fury of the untamed Atlantic. Despite the wild and rugged nature of this coastline, a small man-made tidal pool has been built amongst the rocks in the cove.
