Bring your walking boots and your buckets and spades. If you’re in search of a cottage near the beach in Cornwall, linger awhile over St Merryn. The village motto that’ll greet you as you drive in and at every turn, is ‘seven bays for seven days’. St Merryn hogs five and a half miles of Cornish coastline and you’ll soon want to explore every inch. So you’d better switch that short break for a week long stay in a St Merryn holiday cottage. Or just come back to Cornwall sooner than you thought.

Rugged outcrops, steep cliffs, sandy dunes and long golden beaches abound. Trevose Head Lighthouse is worth following the trail for. Pack the pooch too and make it a dog-friendly Cornwall trip to remember. With a church dating back to the 13th-century, fabulous villages pubs for evening grub, or pop to nearby Padstow for more gastronomic delights, you’ll be busy from dawn ‘til dusk.

Our St Merryn holiday cottages are the perfect starting point for getting the sand between your toes.