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Stories from the Bay

Watergate Bay Hotel is so close to the sea you can watch the surfers from the pool. It’s about the balance in life: getting among the elements, eating and drinking well, having a good time with family and friends.

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Rockpool ramble with Newquay Wild Activities

Newquay Wild Activities

Learn about the varied wildlife that share our coastline and shores. Book onto a Rockpool Ramble or a guided Wildlife Walk with Newquay Marine Activities.

Learn about the varied wildlife that share our coastline and shores. Book onto a Rockpool...

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Becca Hall in The Living Space of the hotel

Artist in residence: Reflections with Becca Hall

Find out about Becca's residency at Watergate Bay and learn how to draw your own dogs at home with her video tutorial.

Find out about Becca's residency at Watergate Bay and learn how to draw your own...

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Mariana Popejoy with At Home with Nature

Love of life: Marianna Popejoy

Biopic design gives a connection to the natural world and creates places where people and communities thrive, it takes on six recognised principles.

Biopic design gives a connection to the natural world and creates places where people and...

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A table of food and drink in the Beach Hut restaurant

Good Food, Well Earned

We speak to three nutrition and exercise experts to find out the relationship between getting active outdoors and good food, including ten top tips.

We speak to three nutrition and exercise experts to find out the relationship between getting...

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Joe Kirby sitting at his piano

Meet: Pianist Joe Kirby

Our first musician in residence kicked off between 16 - 19 November. We caught up with pianist, Joe Kirby ahead of his musical residency.

Our first musician in residence kicked off between 16 - 19 November. We caught up...

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Round-up: Arts on the Beach

Children bounced to the beat, air-borne dancers soared and towering puppets stopped revellers in their tracks. Crowds came, crafted, sang and danced as the sun went down on our first creative festival, Arts on the Beach.

Children bounced to the beat, air-borne dancers soared and towering puppets stopped revellers in their...

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St Michael's Mount

Things to do in Cornwall

A selection of our favourite places to visit and events in Cornwall. Gardens, power boat tours, museums, art galleries and many more.

A selection of our favourite places to visit and events in Cornwall. Gardens, power boat...

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Christmas pudding gin in a gin glass with a twist of zesty orange peel

Atlantic Christmas pudding cocktail recipe

The Christmas pudding in this cocktail comes from the Atlantic distillery. Follow the recipe here.

The Christmas pudding in this cocktail comes from the Atlantic distillery. Follow the recipe here.

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Lego Lost at Sea Exhibition finding plastic on the beach

Adrift: Lego Lost at Sea

Explore the tiny, colourful and downright odd finds washing up on our shores at the Adrift: Lego Lost at Sea exhibition with the Royal Cornwall Museum.

Explore the tiny, colourful and downright odd finds washing up on our shores at the...

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Watergate Bay on Film

On a blustery September evening 500 people came to Watergate Bay to watch the first ever polo match to be played on a beach in the UK. Ten years on it became firmly established in the Cornwall event calendar drawing crowds of over 10,000.

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A surfer rides a wave

Events calendar

On a blustery September evening 500 people came to Watergate Bay to watch the first ever polo match to be played on a beach in the UK. Ten years on it became firmly established in the Cornwall event calendar drawing crowds of over 10,000.

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Polo on the Beach

Polo on the Beach was always designed to break down the elitist barriers associated with polo, letting as many people as possible have a taste of this dynamic, action-packed spectacle, capturing their imagination and inspiring them to try something new.

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A polo jockey chasing after the ball

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