Surfing in Praa Sands
Praa Sands is the premier surfing beach on the south coast of Cornwall. Situated between Porthleven and Marazion, Praa Sands is a lovely village in a beach side location. The beach itself is a mile long with golden sands flanked
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Beach safety in Cornwall
If you’ve booked a holiday to Cornwall, chances are you’re planning on heading to the beach during your stay. Whether you’ll be sunbathing, swimming, bodyboarding, rock pooling or playing in the sand, it’s important to know how to be safe at the seaside.
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Aspects Holidays helps keep Cornish seas safe
As part of our support of the local community and to help keep Cornwall’s oceans safe for locals and visitors alike, we're pleased to have recently donated £2000 to RNLI St Ives. Our continued support over the last 10 years brings our total contribution to the charity to over £22,000.
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Praa Sands beach clean!
Cornwall is blessed with stunning coastline and iconic beaches that captivate both visitors and locals alike. Unfortunately, plastic pollution, particularly coastal pollution, continues to be a worldwide problem. With the G7 held in Cornwall in June 2021 and its emphasis on climate change, it’s more important than ever that we protect our environment.
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Five autumn activities for getting wet and wild in Cornwall
Spend October half-term doing something a little different, having a last hurrah before winter creeps in and it’s all storm watching, getting cosy in front of a log fire and searching for Cornwall’s showstopping hot chocolates.
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Swim between the flags
We are lucky in Cornwall to have the choice of over 400 beautiful beaches, but only 59 of these beaches have lifeguards present during the summer season (as of July 2018). To make sure you and your family are as safe as possible on your holidays
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Lifeboat Stations in Cornwall
Famous for its maritime culture, Cornwall is – in short – synonymous with the sea. From pirates and smugglers to surfers and sailors, the fact that the county is practically surrounded by water is central to both the identity of
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St Ives Lifeboat Day | 29th August
Visit St Ives on Saturday 29th August and you’ll be for a real treat. The RNLI (the charity that saves lives at sea) will be hosting their annual St Ives Lifeboat Day, where crowds descend on the harbour for a
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Visiting Sennen Lifeboat House
There has been a lifeboat stationed at the far west of Sennen Cove since 1853, poised and ready to rush to the aid of any stricken vessels out to sea within 50 miles. New Commercial Tragedy 1853 The Brisons, the
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Aspects Holidays continue supporting RNLI St Ives
Volunteers of St Ives Lifeboat welcomed Aspects Holidays’ Operations Manager, Amanda Stinchcombe, to their station for a tour of their facilities. While at the lifeboat house Amanda presented a cheque for £1,500 that the company raised during 2013 towards the
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Queen to visit St Ives | May 2013
This Friday Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will be making their first Royal visit to St Ives. Arriving by train into St Erth station, they will change for the branch line, passing through
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