Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps

The trust maintains a shop and café, and the cliff–top views of rocks stretching into the distance along Bedruthan beach make the area a popular attraction for tourists and painters.

The property affords walks along the coast path and the steep steps at Bedruthan allow access to a series of rocky beaches at low tide (not owned by the trust).

Signs at the top of the steps down to the beaches warn visitors not to risk swimming in these waters due to heavy rips, fast tides, and submerged rocks.

[4] Evidence of mining exists as shafts on the cliffs nearby at Trenance Point, and adits above the beach at Carnewas.

A rhyme written at the time states, "The Good Samaritan came ashore, To feed the hungry and clothe the poor, With barrels of beef and bales of linen, No poor soul shall want for a shilling"[8] The section of coastline from Carnewas to Stepper Point is part of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty[9] and subject to special landscape protection.

[13][14] The underlying rock from Bedruthan Steps to Trevose Head is Middle Devonian slates (386–377 Mya) with Staddon Grits to the south towards Trenance Point.

Marine erosion by the sea carrying sand and pebbles has worn away the weaker, softer rocks to leave the stacks seen today.

Dark Sky discovery sites must be free from light pollution and have good views of stars and the Milky Way, and be accessible to the public.