Pentire Point
| Pentire Head | |
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View of Pentire Point taken from Polzeath
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 Location in Cornwall
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| Location | Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°35′02″N 4°55′08″W / 50.584°N 4.919°WCoordinates: 50°35′02″N 4°55′08″W / 50.584°N 4.919°W |
Pentire Head (Cornish: Penn Tir, meaning "headland") is a headland and peninsula on the Atlantic coast in North Cornwall, England, UK and is about one mile square. The headland projects north-west with Pentire Point at its north-west corner and The Rumps promontory at its north-east corner.
The origin of the name is from Cornish penn (head) and tir (land): another headland with the name Pentire is further west near .
Pentire Point and Stepper Point stand at either side of the mouth of the River Camel estuary (Pentire to the north-east, Stepper to the south-west). To the south of Pentire Point is the small seaside resort of Polzeath. The coastline around the headland is owned by the National Trust, although the bulk of the headland itself is let to Pentire Farm.
The Rumps promontory is the site of Iron Age clifftop fortifications - the series of mound and ditch earthworks remain clearly visible today.
The entire headland forms the Pentire Peninsula Site of Special Scientific Interest, designated for its geology and flora and fauna including nationally rare plants. Important examples noted include slates from the Upper Devonian period, several invertebrate species, predatory birds and grey seals.
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