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Guide Price£50,000

Sennan, Penzance

Land size
11.14 acres

Key Features

  • For sale by Auction Wednesday 26th August 2026
  • Outstanding views
  • Pasture fields extending to 8.75 acres (3.5 ha)
  • Amenity land of 2.39 acres (1.0 ha)
  • A little over 500m from Lands End itself
  • Three points of access (refer to the Auction Legal Pack).
  • From the A30, through the Lands End tourist attraction overflow car park and from the Cornish Way, part of the National Cycle Network.
  • Sits in an area designated as a ‘National Landscape’ formerly known as an AONB. See MATERIAL INFORMATION below
  • Handy for the village of Sennen and its renowned Cove

Description

For Sale by Auction – 11.14 acres (4.5 ha) of land comprising predominantly two grassland fields and an area of amenity land with views to the Atlantic off Lands End.

For sale by Public Auction and via Livestream on Wednesday 26th August 2026 at 2pm at The Digby Memorial Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3NL. Register to bid in the room, online, by telephone or by proxy via our website.

The Land - Two grassland fields and an area of amenity land in a fabulous location.
Pasture fields extending to 8.75 acres (3.5 ha).
Amenity land of 2.39 acres (1.0 ha).

Location - About as far west as it’s possible to be in England, close to the Lands End Hotel and about 1.5miles or so from Sennen Cove.

Services - Mains water.
Mobile coverage is available in the area. Refer to Ofcom’s website for more details.

Tenure - Freehold

Material Information - The area is protected by an Article 4 Direction that means planning permission is needed for activities that elsewhere would be automatically permitted.

Local Authority - Cornwall Council

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Two access points from the A30, being via small lane virtually opposite “Chy An Gwyns”, or through Lands End tourist attraction overflow car park. Also from the Cornish Way, part of the National Cycle Network.

Solicitor - Kitson and Trotman
Beaminster DT8 3AN

Viewings - Viewings at any reasonable time with a set of particulars in hand.

Access points as shown on the attached plan.

Easiest access is to park at the following (Access point "C") and walk to the land:
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Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-07-21

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 10 Cheap Land listings in South West England (1+ acres).

This Property£4,488 / acre
Cheap Land Average (1+ acres) £9,447 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
Mains
Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Sennen Community Primary Academy0.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    98
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Levan Primary School2.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    37
    Type
    Foundation school
  • St Buryan Primary School3.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    61
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Just Primary School4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    163
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Pendeen School6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    79
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • Cape Cornwall School4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    302
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Mounts Bay Academy7.7 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    922
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Humphry Davy School8.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    740
    Type
    Foundation school
  • St Ives School14 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    580
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Hayle Academy15 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    623
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar Sennen, Mayon988 metres
Co-op St Just, St Just4.1 miles
Spar Pendeen, Higher Boscaswell6.1 miles

GP surgery

Atlantic Medical Group7.9 miles

Pharmacy

Day Lewis Pharmacy4 miles

Hospital

Bolitho Hospital7.5 miles

Green space

Play Space816 metres

Walking trail

South West Coast Path634 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Penzance Rail Station8.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Sea View Holiday Park463 metres

Typical drive times

Newlyn14 min · 8.4 miles
St Just11 min · 5.6 miles
Marazion22 min · 13 miles
Penzance16 min · 9.8 miles
Truro (city)53 min · 38 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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