Love Your Beach

Every year, Cornwall Wildlife Trust encourages everyone to share their love for their environment in a series of coastal clean-ups around Valentine's Day. Love Your Beach 2026 is just around the corner! Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th February will bring the chance to join a Your Shore group to take action for nature. Beach cleans will be happening all over the county: is there one near you?

Saturday 14th February

Friends of Fowey Estuary will be at Readymoney Cove from 10am 

Newquay Marine Group will be walking along Towan Beach from 1:30pm

Falmouth Marine Conservation will be getting their litter pickers out and dancing shoes on for a special Silent Disco Beach Clean at Swanpool at 10:30am

Polzeath Marine Conservation Group will be meeting at the Polzeath Marine Centre at 10:30am 

Three Bays Wildlife are cleaning up Caerhays Beach at 10am

Two Bays Trust will be meeting at Port Quin at 10:30am for their beach clean

Sunday 15th February

Rame Peninsula Beach Care will be on one of the beaches along Whitsand Bay at 10:30am (check their Facebook page for location)

Join Looe Marine Group from 10:30am on Millendreath Beach

Friends of Par Beach will be meeting at the beach hut from 9:30am

At 11am you can join Perranporth Marine Group between the surf lifesaving hut and the Watering Hole.

St Agnes Marine Conservation will gather on Porthtowan from 11am on to spread love for their beach!

Helford Marine Conservation Group are getting together at Helford Passage at 10:30am with One Bag Beach Clean

Set up by Cornwall Wildlife Trust, the Your Shore Network consists of 22 community-led marine conservation groups and organisations across the county who look after and shout about their wonderful marine wildlife. These hard-working and dedicated volunteer groups organise the events that make up our Love Your Beach Week programme. To find out more about the Your Shore Network and how you can get involved, click on the button below.

Learn more about the Your Shore Network