Holywell ()Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)

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. is a coastal village in the

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Cubert Cubert ()Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)

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, England, United Kingdom. It is at Holywell Bay (), about three miles (5 km) west-southwest of

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.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' Holywell beach adjoins the settlement to the northwest and Penhale Camp, formerly an army training establishment that was regularly used by

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, 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. In the cave is St Cubert's holy well. On the east of the beach, there is a 5,000 year old sand dune system that is one of the largest in Britain. During the summer, tourists can use these dunes for

Sandboarding Sandboarding is a boardsport and extreme sport similar to snowboarding that involves riding down a sand dune while standing on a board, with both feet strapped in. Sand sledding can also be practised sitting down or lying on the belly or the ba ...

. There are two holiday parks just outside of the village. Holywell Bay Holiday Park, operated by

Parkdean Resorts Parkdean Resorts is a holiday park operator in the United Kingdom. It was formed in November 2015 through the merger of Parkdean Holidays and Park Resorts. As of 2022 it operates 66 holiday parks across England, Scotland, and Wales, and is the ...

, and Trevornick campsite. W. J. Burley, the author of the Wycliffe novels, lived in Holywell until his death in 2002. Holywell Bay is also the residence of both Maia Garner and Louis Garner, athletes that have represented Great Britain in the sport of surf lifesaving.

Film location

The "skeet surfing" scene in the 1984 comedy ''

Top Secret! ''Top Secret!'' is a 1984 action comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker ( ZAZ) and Martyn Burke. It stars Val Kilmer (in his film debut) and Lucy Gutteridge alongside a supporting cast featuring Omar Sh ...

'' was filmed on Holywell Bay, which stood in for

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. The opening scene for ''

Die Another Day ''Die Another Day'' is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It was directed by Lee Tamahori, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and written by Neal Purvis and Rober ...

'' attempting to replicate North Korea, was filmed here in 2002. Many of the scenes in ''Poldark'' were filmed on the beach. Scenes from the 2015 BBC Miniseries Agatha Christie's ''

And Then There Were None ''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery fiction, mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 N ...

'' were filmed at Holywell.

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