Hell's Mouth

Can there be a more ominous name for a craggy Cornish cove than Hell’s Mouth?

Indeed, it can be said that this is Cornwall at it’s most dramatic. The 300ft cliffs on this staggering stretch of coast, just past St Ives Bay and Godrevy lighthouse, tower above the crashing waves.

It’s unclear exactly how this cove came by its portentous name but perhaps another description by Folliot Stokes in 1910 goes someway to explaining it.

‘Here perpendicular cliffs enclose a semi-circular cove, the walls of which are so sheer that it is a somewhat gruesome place to look down into.'

All the descriptions I can find run along similar lines and, perhaps unsurprisingly, this cove has seen more than its fair share of lives lost. In Cornwall Hell’s Mouth has a tragic reputation.

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