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Coordinates: 50°34′25″N 4°54′55″W / 50.57356°N 4.91514°W
| Polzeath | |
| Cornish: Pollsygh | |
 The Beach at Polzeath |
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 Polzeath
Polzeath shown within Cornwall |
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| Population | 1,449 (2001 Census, includes Trebetherick) |
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| OS grid reference | SW937788 |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | POLZEATH |
| Postcode district | PL27 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Cornwall |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Polzeath (Cornish: Pollsygh) is a small seaside resort in the civil parish of St Minver[1] in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately six miles (10 km) north of Wadebridge on the Atlantic coast.[2]
Polzeath is known for its sandy beach and is popular with holiday-makers and surfers. The beach is 1,500 feet (460 m) wide and extends 1,200 feet (370 m) from the seafront at low water; however, most of the sand is submerged at high water.[2] At exceptionally high spring tides the sea floods the car park at the top of the beach.
Polzeath beach is patrolled by lifeguards during the summer and is described on the RNLI website as : ... a wide, flat beach with some shelter from winds, it sees good quality surf and is quite often extremely crowded.[3]
Dolphins may sometimes be spotted in the bay and the coastline north of Polzeath is a particularly good area for seeing many types of birds including corn buntings and puffins[4]
The main street through the village runs along the seafront and has a parade of shops catering to holidaymakers and residents. There are also pubs, cafés, restaurants, a caravan site and several camping sites in the immediate area. The road rises up steep hills at both ends of the seafront; towards the neighbouring village of Trebetherick to the southwest and towards New Polzeath to the northeast.[2]
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History
In 1911 a Methodist chapel was built on the road towards Trebetherick at Chapel Corner. The original building was demolished in 1932 when the village street was widened, and the new village hall was opened on 15 April 1933.[5]
Until 1934 the main street through the village crossed the stream by means of a long ford. A footbridge was provided for pedestrians (it was occasionally washed away by winter storms). In 1934 the present road bridge was built across the stream.
The stream rises near St Minver two miles (3 km) to the south. Before reaching Polzeath, it is joined by a tributary stream which rises north of Pityme. Shilla Mill stands at the confluence of the two streams.[2] Built around 1590 it ceased working as a mill in 1885 and was later converted into a house.
Literary associations
Polzeath was a favourite haunt of the late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman and is celebrated in some of his verse. He is buried in the nearby St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick. Another poet, Laurence Binyon wrote the Remembrance Day ode For the Fallen in 1914 while sitting on The Rumps, Polzeath or "Polseath" as it was then called, during World War I.
In the first of Enid Blyton's Famous Five novels, the eponymous children express disappointment that their holiday will not, as usual, be spent at Polzeath. The authoress Joolz Denby lived in a caravan in Polzeath for a year while researching her novel Borrowed Light (ISBN 1-85242-905-4), published in England by Serpent's Tail in February 2006. The novel is largely set in Polzeath, though the village's name is changed to Polwenna to allow some artistic licence with locations and buildings.
The cartoonist Posy Simmonds created a fictitious place in Cornwall called "Tresoddit". When the BBC made the short film Tresoddit for Easter in 1991, it was filmed in and around Polzeath.
Gallery of images
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Sunset over the bay towards Pentire Point and Newland, the island
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View of the beach from New Polzeath with Stepper Point across the bay
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Surfers at Polzeath
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View of Polzeath from Pentire Point
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Another general view of the beach from the north-east side
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View across Polzeath beach from the north-east
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View of Pentire Point from the beach car park
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View of Pentire Point taken from Polzeath
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Polzeath Methodist Church
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Shilla Mill cattle grid stream crossing
See also
References
- ^ [1] Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved June 2010
- ^ a b c d Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ [2] RNLI Lifeguards, Polzeath. Retrieved June 2010
- ^ [3] RSPB website; Pentire and Rumps Point. Retrieved June 2010
- ^ Drew, Alan (1993). The Charm of North Cornwall. Ticehurst: Triskele Publications. pp. 36. ISBN 0-9520627-0-4.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Polzeath |
- Polzeath at the Open Directory Project
- Local government census report, 2004
- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Polzeath
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