Everything about Polzeath totally explained
Polzeath is a small village on the North coast of
Cornwall,
England,
United Kingdom. It is a favoured location for
surfing, with waves rolling in from the
Atlantic Ocean. There are lifeguards on the beach during the daytime in the season.
Dolphins may sometimes be spotted and the surrounding coastline is a particularly good area for seeing many types of coastal birds including
puffins and
Peregrine falcons.
The main beach is totally covered on a spring
high tide, indeed the car park has known to be covered by water but this only happens on a spring high tide with an extremely large tidal surge.
There are many local shops, providing everything required for the holidaymaker. Within the village are a number of pubs, cafés and restaurants. There is also a large camping site that caters for families.
On September 2, 2007, 300
surfers arrived at Polzeath beach,
Cornwall to set a new
world record for the highest number of surfers riding the same
wave, as part of the Global
Surf Challenge and part of a project called Earthwave to raise awareness about
global warming). The official world record stands at 44, set by
Lahinch surf school in
Ireland (unofficially the highest figure is 73, held by the
Kahuna Surfing Academy in
South Africa).
History
In
1911 a
Methodist chapel was built on the road towards Trebetherick at what is now
Chapel Corner. The original building was demolished in
1932 when the village street was widened, and the new Chapel was opened on
15 April 1933.
At the beginning of the 20th Century the road through Polzeath crossed the back of the beach, negotiating the stream by means of a long
ford. A footbridge, which was sometimes washed away by stormy winter tides, was provided for pedestrians. In
1934 the existing road bridge was built linking the road on either side of the beach, at the same time restricting the stream and allowing car parking on the sand at the back of the beach.
Following the track along the stream from the back of Polzeath beach you come to Shilla Mill. Built around
1590 it ceased working as a mill in
1885 and was 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 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 town'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.
Images
Image:Polzeath3.jpg|Sunset over the island off Pentire called Newland.
Image:Polzeath_looking_South.JPG|View of the beach from New Polzeath.
Image:Surfers at Polzeath Cornwall.JPG|Surfers at Polzeath
Image:Polzeath_Cornwall_UK_From_Pentire_Point.JPG|View of Polzeath from Pentire Point.
Image:Polzeath Cornwall UK 2007.JPG|View of Polzeath
Image:Polszeath Bay.JPG|View of Polzeath Bay taken from the beach carpark area. August Bank Holiday, 2004.
Image:Pentire Point.JPG|View of Pentire Point taken from Polzeath, August Bank Holiday, 2005.
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