Place:Polzeath, Cornwall, England

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NamePolzeath
TypeVillage
Coordinates50.5735°N 4.9151°W
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoSt. Minver, Cornwall, Englandparish in which it is located


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Polzeath (;, meaning dry creek) is a small seaside resort village in the civil parish of St Minver in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately north west of Wadebridge on the Atlantic coast.

Polzeath has a sandy beach and is popular with holiday-makers and surfers. The beach is wide and extends from the seafront at low water; however, most of the sand is submerged at high water.[1] At exceptionally high 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".

Dolphins may sometimes be spotted in the bay and the coastline north of Polzeath is a good area for seeing many types of birds including corn buntings and puffins.

The main street runs along the seafront and has a parade of shops catering for holidaymakers and residents. There are 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 village of Trebetherick to the southwest and New Polzeath to the northeast.[1]

The South West Coast Path runs from Daymer Bay in the South through Polzeath and up to Pentire Head in the North.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Polzeath.

For further information of a genealogical nature and local administration links, see the parish of St. Minver.

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