Carbis Bay Hotel
✓ Privately owned beach directly on the estate
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Carbis Bay (Excellent water quality)
St Ives
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A daily ice cream is a holiday rule, not a treat. Every stay here is within walking distance of a parlour or creamery — many churning their own from local milk.
✓ Privately owned beach directly on the estate
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Carbis Bay (Excellent water quality)
St Ives
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£427 per break
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✓ Family-run campsite set on farming land with countryside views
🏖️ 1.11 miles from Perranporth (Good water quality)
Newquay
🏖️ 0.64 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£353 per break
Check availability✓ Small family-run site in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
🏖️ 0.93 miles from Porthmeor (Excellent water quality)
Penzance
🏖️ 0.5 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£453 per break
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🏖️ 0.53 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£383 per break
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✓ Traditional Cornish cottage on the outskirts of Fowey
🏖️ 0.53 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£467 per break
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🏖️ 0.53 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£343 per break
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🏖️ 0.52 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£363 per break
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🏖️ 0.58 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£867 per break
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✓ Heated indoor swimming pool included free with every stay
🏖️ 0.77 miles from Marazion (Excellent water quality)
Penzance
✓ Set back a couple of fields from the coastal path and beaches
🏖️ 0.45 miles from Porthcurno (Excellent water quality)
Penzance
✓ Hidden gem just across the river from Fowey
🏖️ 1.35 miles from Readymoney Cove (Good water quality)
Fowey, South West England
£463 per break
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🏖️ 0.9 miles from Perranporth (Good water quality)
Perranporth, South West England
£413 per break
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The independent parlours and farm creameries are the ones worth the walk — look for 'made on site' on each place's page, and expect honest seasonal hours outside summer.
Browse the ice cream & creameries themselves in our Eat & Shop Local guide, or see all holidays in Cornwall for the full picture.
Yes — independent parlours and creameries from our Eat & Shop Local guide, not a freezer in a corner shop. Each has its own page with what it makes.
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What's on at each, with tickets and places to stay within walking distance.