Watergate Bay ( kw, Porth Tregoryan, meaning ''cove at Coryan's farmstead/village'') is a long bay or beach flanked by cliffs centred two miles

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Newquay Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...

below the B3276 Newquay to

Padstow Padstow (; kw, Lannwedhenek) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately northwest of Wadebridge, northwest of Bodmin and ...

road near the hamlet of Tregurrian in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, United Kingdom. It faces the

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, adjacent to Newquay Bay. The sandy beach and exposed site is popular for non-powered

water sport Water sports or aquatic sports are sport activities conducted on waterbodies, and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants. On the water * Boat racing, the use of powerboats to participate in races * Boatin ...

s, kite flying, and sand art. In May 2007 it played host to the English Nationals Surfing Championships. Watergate Bay Hotel - geograph

Watergate Bay Hotel

The Watergate Bay Hotel first opened in July 1900. The Hotel was designed by architect Joshua Harrison Goodland. The Hotel hoped to cater for railway tourists that were expected to arrive on the

, Bedruthan & St.Mawgan Railway line, which would also extend to

however the line was never constructed. Prior to this it was farmland.

Film, TV and radio

Watergate Bay has been used as a location for the following productions: *The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999) * ''Plunge'' (2003), a surf movie featuring Kate Winslet. *''

Echo Beach "Echo Beach" is a song recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1979. Written by band member Mark Gane, it was released as a single from their album '' Metro Music'' in 1980 and went on to reach number 5 in Canada, number 6 in Aus ...

'' (2008), a 12-part TV series that was filmed during the summer of 2007 featuring Jason Donovan and

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. *''

Moving Wallpaper ''Moving Wallpaper'' is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–09. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called ''Echo Beach'', each episode ...

'' (2008), a behind-the-scenes comedy following the making of ''Echo Beach''. *

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's ''

Open Country "Open Country" is a designation used for some UK access land. It was first defined under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (and extended by the Countryside Act 1968), and was land over which an appropriate access agree ...

'' produced a 30-minute BBC Radio Documentary about the bay.BBC Radio 4's ''Open Country''.(17 February 2007)
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References

External links

BBC Cornwall: Watergate Bay Webcam
Bays of Cornwall Surfing locations in Cornwall {{Restormel-geo-stub