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Holywell Bay

Filmed as Stepstones camp shore

📍 Holywell Bay, Newquay, Cornwall TR8 5DD, Holywell, United Kingdom

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Holywell Bay
Photo: hilaris · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

  1. Stepstones camp shore

    House of the Dragon S01E02

    Daemon's war camp on the pirate islands; boats and a timber shack on the sand.

    Daemon Targaryen Corlys Velaryon

Real-world history

National Trust beach with dunes and the twin Gull Rocks. Season 1 used it for Stepstones shore camps in the war against the Triarchy.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Beach free. National Trust parking charge.

Parking & accessibility: NT car park behind the dunes; 10 minute walk to the sand.

Best time to visit: Low tide for the full cove. Avoid peak August surf-school crush.

What else to see here

  • Kynance Cove

    Main Stepstones battle cove.

    Beach

    90 min drive

  • Newquay

    Town

    20 min drive