Holywell is a coastal village in the civil parish of Cubert, in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at Holywell Bay, about three miles west-southwest of Newquay. Holywell beach adjoins the settlement to the northwest and Penhale Camp, formally an army training establishment that was regularly used by cadets, is half-a-mile to the southwest. On the north side of Holywell beach Holywell Cave is accessible at low tide and contains many pools formed by natural buildup of minerals.