Chapel Porth at St.Agnes Postcard

St.Agnes is steeped in history about the tin and copper mining industry and evidence of this once thriving industry in still visible today with former mines standing proud including the famous Wheal Coates tin mine that sits on the top of the cliffs overlooking Chapel Porth beach. The beach at Chapel Porth is roughly two miles from St.Agnes and lies at the bottom of a fairly steep road, surrounded by the backdrop of towering cliffs. Chapel Porth at high tide is nothing more than a tiny cove of a beach but at low tide, especially a low spring tide the beach becomes a vast expanse of sand that stretches as far down as Porthtowan beach.