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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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Black Forest Gateau

Black Forest Gateau

A clarified milk punch cocktail recipe with Tarquins black cherry gin, cherry liquor, lemon juice, double cream, and whole milk. 

A clarified milk punch cocktail recipe with Tarquins black cherry gin, cherry liquor, lemon juice,...

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Bude tidal pool

Jack Frost cocktail

Built in the 1930’s, Bude sea pool provides the inspiration for our rum based Christmas cocktail from Cornish Distilling Co..

Built in the 1930’s, Bude sea pool provides the inspiration for our rum based Christmas...

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Origin coffee

Twelve Trees of Christmas

This December, we're telling twelve inspiring sustainability tales across twelve trees here at Watergate Bay.

This December, we're telling twelve inspiring sustainability tales across twelve trees here at Watergate Bay....

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Blood orange and cranberry cocktail

Blood orange & cranberry fizz

Cocktail recipe - from St Ives comes this unique blood orange gin, mixed with Cointreau, cranberry juice, and topped with Laurent Perrier Champagne.

Cocktail recipe - from St Ives comes this unique blood orange gin, mixed with Cointreau,...

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Apple And Rhubarb Sour Mocktail

Apple & rhubarb sour mocktail

A non-alcoholic apple and rhubarb sour with apple juice, lemon and foaming bitters. 

A non-alcoholic apple and rhubarb sour with apple juice, lemon and foaming bitters. 

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Figgy Pudding martini

Figgy Pudding martini recipe

The Figgy Pudding in this cocktail comes from Tarquins. Our twist includes cider brandy from Fowey Valley. A proper Cornish cocktail. 

The Figgy Pudding in this cocktail comes from Tarquins. Our twist includes cider brandy from...

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12 drinks of Cornwall map

12 drinks of Christmas

We’re popping the cork on the festive season and transporting you to Cornwall’s most enchanting locations with our 12 Drinks of Christmas.

We’re popping the cork on the festive season and transporting you to Cornwall’s most enchanting...

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St Michael's Manhattan

St Michael's Manhattan

A Manhattan is one of those retro cocktails that still holds its own – but this one has a subtle change; a whiskey distilled in oak barrels by St Michael’s Mount here in Cornwall.

A Manhattan is one of those retro cocktails that still holds its own – but...

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Tea pot and Cornish Christmas punch cocktail with an apple slice

Cornish Christmas punch recipe

A Christmas punch that can be made in advance, heat up when needed or share among friends. Pineapple rum, black tea, red wine, festive spices and oranges make a warming winter party option.

A Christmas punch that can be made in advance, heat up when needed or share...

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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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