Photos of Northcott Mouth Beach
About Northcott Mouth Beach
Northcott Mouth stretches out along north Cornwall coast with amazing views looking west over the Atlantic. At high tide it is a steep pebble bank. As the tide drops the water reveals a wide expanse of sand. Long ridges of rock stripe the beach, with pools and gullies between them. Steep cliffs sit along the back of the beach adding a rugged edge to your compositions. Low water is the ideal time to aim for. Shooting along the ridges lets you use then as leading lines toward the sea. A stream crosses the sand and creats more leading lines to follow. The wreck of the SS Belem lies at Menachurch Point, at the north end of the beach. It ran aground in 1917 and the iron shows through the sand when the tide is very low. Usually the tide only gets low enough for it to appear during spring so check the tables before counting on it. The coast faces west, so sunset comes straight in from over the water creating amazing colours. Atlantic swell hits hard here and the shore break gets heavy during high water so you can experiment with adding movement to your compositions. From Maer Down above the beach you can pick out Lundy on a clear day. A National Trust car park sits a few minutes away. (Bude, Cornwall, England)
