Sennen

The most westerly village in England, there are superb cliff walks along the coast to Land’s End and, close to the massive Pedn-men-du headland, lie the remains of a clifftop Castle, one of the country’s earliest – dating from 300 BC.  The wide sandy beach at Sennen Cove is ideal for both bathing and surfing, and the former windlass house of the lifeboat station has been converted into an arts and crafts gallery. Sennen Cove beach was awarded a Blue Flag in 2010, and there is lifeguard cover from May to September. St Sennen Parish Church is named after a supposed Irish saint, Sinninus, who accompanied St Patrick to Rome, though a more likely explanation for the name is that Sennen comes from the Cornish ‘sen nan’, meaning ‘holy valley’. The church dates mainly from the 15th century. There are some medieval wall paintings in the south aisle.

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