The area is accessible by foot from the South West Coast Path[5] The cove is known for the 18th-century ship-wrecker and smuggler John Carter, also known as the "King of Prussia".

The parties for whom this sum has been collected, impressed with a deep sense of the great benefits conferred on them, most humbly beg to express their very grateful acknowledgement for the generous relief extended to them.

Smith and Wellspring, the chief boatman, who were so unfortunately drowned at Prussia Cove, in nobly attempting to render assistance to their fellow mariner, were picked up – the bodies were disfigured.

As the solemn and affecting procession proceeded up causewayhead, hundreds of individuals had assembled, whose mournful countenances spoke audibly of their inward feeling and many were the expressions of sorry, regret and pity which involuntarily escaped them.

The liberal manner in which subscribers have come forward toward the pecuniary relief of the poor widows and children is a sufficient proof that all entertain the greatest sympathy for the afflicted.Prussia Cove once had a small fishing industry.

[13] Together with Little Cudden and Piskies Cove, the area is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is listed, for its national importance, in the Geological Conservation Review.

The SSSI notification reads: ″This is the best example in Cornwall of a mildly metamorphosed, differentiated tholeiitic intrusive greenstone that retains good relict igneous textures and mineralogy.

[17][18] The International Musicians Seminar (IMS) Prussia Cove held at Porth-en-Alls was founded by the Hungarian violinist, Sándor Végh and Hilary Tunstall-Behrens in 1972.

[19] The master class seminars are said to be "... an opportunity to broaden their (students) musical horizons and to make new contacts; stimuli which are vital to a developing artist".