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The short list that usually takes an evening of tab-juggling: every place to stay in Cornwall that is genuinely swimming pool and offers evening entertainment. 18 places qualify right now — nearest beaches, days out and places to eat are on every listing.
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Walking distance to the beach from the park
🏖️ 0.84 miles from Holywell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Holywell Bay, South West England
£458 per break
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✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Secluded valley setting where countryside meets the sea
🏖️ 1.21 miles from Millendreath (Excellent water quality)
Looe
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Set amid the dunes overlooking St Ives Bay beach
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Hayle Towans (Excellent water quality)
Penzance
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Private access to a three-mile-long sandy beach
🏖️ 0.55 miles from Hayle Towans (Excellent water quality)
Hayle
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Set in 36 acres of woodland around a 17th-century manor
Cornwall
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Over 40 on-park activities including high ropes and pools
🏖️ 1.96 miles from Polurrian Cove (Excellent water quality)
Helston
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Central Cornwall location for exploring the whole county
🏖️ 1.44 miles from Porth (Good water quality)
Newquay
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Set in 20 acres of unspoilt Cornish countryside
🏖️ 2.27 miles from Porthtowan (Excellent water quality)
Falmouth
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Located in the Tamar Valley with views over Dartmoor
Bude
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Privately owned beach just steps from the park
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Pentewan (Excellent water quality)
St Austell
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Heated outdoor pool with separate paddling pool for children
🏖️ 0.92 miles from Tolcarne (Excellent water quality)
Newquay
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Woodland setting within the grounds of an old manor house
🏖️ 2.32 miles from Polzeath (Excellent water quality)
Wadebridge
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Entrance only 200 yards from Polzeath's sandy beach
🏖️ 0.35 miles from Polzeath (Excellent water quality)
Padstow
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ So close to the sea you can watch surfers from the pool
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Watergate Bay (Excellent water quality)
Newquay
✓ Swimming Pool
✓ Set above St Austell Bay with sea views across 250 acres of grounds
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Crinnis Beach (Excellent water quality)
St Austell
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