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Away from the crowds and some 5km (3 miles) south east of Land’s End is the wide beautiful beach at Porthcurno. Just above one end of the beach is the improbably situated Minack Open Air Theatre, where you can watch Shakespeare’s plays being performed to the sound of the waves on the sands.

You can walk east to Penberth Cove or west to Gwennap Head from here. At Porthcurno itself, there is the remarkable Telegraph Museum. Tunnels were dug here during the Second World War and cables were positioned under the beach and out to sea to the furthest corners of the Empire. This was Cornwall’s wartime communications site. The blast-proof doors into the tunnels now house vintage telegraph equipment dating to the 1870s. Check locally for opening times.

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While you’re there

Visit the National Trust’s PENBERTH COVE, just to the east along the coast, where open boats can still be seen on the granite slipway.

Secret place to stay

THE OLD SUCCESS INN, Sennon Cove 01736 871232. A delightful 17th-century fisherman’s inn on one of Cornwall’s most beautiful bays.

View towards the rugged Logan Rock.