Towan Head () is a

headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...

one mile west of

Newquay Newquay ( ; ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on t ...

on the north coast of

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey Landranger 2000: Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000 It is at the western end of

Newquay Bay Newquay Bay is a bay adjacent to Newquay in Cornwall, England. The bay is about wide, from Towan Head in the west to Trevelgue Head in the east, beyond which is Watergate Bay. Newquay Bay includes Lusty Glaze beach and Porth Porth () is ...

. The headland points north and

Fistral Beach Fistral Beach is in Fistral Bay (, meaning ''cove of the foul water'') on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated half a mile west of Newquay at . Fistral Bay is bounded by two promontories, Towan Head to ...

is immediately to the south.

References

Headlands of Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub