Treyarnon Bay is one of the seven bays that can be found along this stretch of the North Cornwall coastline Treyarnon bay has an excellent beach with the best surf usually on an in-coming mid to full tide in summer.

Treyarnon has clean beaches with golden sand, which is revealed at low tide. The beach is patrolled by lifeguards from the May Spring Bank Holiday until mid September. An area of natural beauty, with numerous rock pools to explore and sheltered coves ideal for sun bathing. Beneath the low cliffs near the Youth Hostel is a hollow in the rocks which has been dammed at one end making a natural swimming pool.

On a clear day the costal footpath provides breathtaking views to Trevose Head in one direction and Newquay and even St Ives on a clear day. The path provides a wonderful platform to view the surf, seals and if lucky dolphins.

Treyarnon Island is a large rock, topped with grass and thrift, separated from the mainland by a narrow gully. The island at the mouth of the bay is a nature reserve and home of breeding sea birds.

There has been a town on the site of Truro since the 12th century. By the 14th century Truro was an important inland port and one of the five stannary towns in Cornwall. However, it was in the 18th and 19th centuries that Truro flourished. The first Bishop, Edward White Benson, came to Truro in 1877. It was he who decided that the people of Cornwall deserved their own cathedral. Queen Victoria also granted Truro city status in 1877, three years before the laying of the cathedral's foundation stones. The cathedral was built on the site of the 16th century parish church of St Mary the Virgin and uniquely retains its parish church status with the Dean of the Cathedral also Rector of the Parish.

The great granite crag of St Michael's Mount is dedicated to the archangel St Michael who, according to legend, appeared here in 495. St Michaels Mount is an island, which can be reached by foot at low tide and by boat at high tide.