Short answer: Holywell Bay (TR8 5PF) and Crantock Beach (TR8 5RN) both have National Trust car parks charging £2.50, £5 for 4 hours, or £9 for the day. National Trust members park free. You can pay by JustPark: location 80592 at Holywell, 80552 at Crantock.
Holywell and Crantock are the two big dune beaches just south-west of Newquay, and both are parked through the National Trust.
If you'll visit a few NT beaches and houses in a week, often yes; members park free at both, and at Godrevy near Hayle too.
Crantock has the river mouth and calm paddling; Holywell has the dunes and the sea caves at low tide. Both are covered in the best beaches in Newquay.
Town beaches: Newquay beach parking.
Charges from the National Trust as of October 2026. Check the board on the day.
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