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Each year crowds descend on Cornish riverbeds to dig for cockles on Good Friday - the only day of the year they are allowed to do it. The Helford River is a particularly popular spot, with the estuary around Helford and St Anthony a particularly popular location on the Lizard Peninsula, while Helford Passage is a favourite on the Falmouth side. Many make it a whole family day out, bringing lunch with them – which being Cornwall is generally the good old Cornish pasty.
Joseph finds a prime example of a cockleBut what are the tides for this year – and what is the weather forecast? Tide times for 2025 The best time to look for cockles is as the tide is receding. This year high tide at the Helford on Good Friday (April 18) is 8.51am, meaning low tide is not until 3.
03pm. Plenty of time for a Gear Farm pasty beforehand! (The popular choice for triggers the Lizard Peninsula side of the Helford.) It will not reach high tide again until 9.
01pm. Weather..
. Emma Ferguson.
