Polzeath
OS Grid ref:- SW937788
The small village of Polzeath, 'the thumping heart of cool Cornwall' according to the Sunday Times, is situated on Cornwall's Atlantic coast, just north of Padstow.
Polzeath was once 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.
The village boasts an excellent surfing beach, the Blue Flag beach is a vast expanse of sand which opens into the Atlantic at the mouth of the Camel Estuary and is patrolled in the summer months by lifeguards. Dogs are banned on the beach from Easter Day to 1st October.
The views from the nearby headland of Pentire Point are excellent, looking north toward spectacular Tintagel Castle and south to Hayle Bay and the Camel Estuary. From Pentire Farm, where cars may be parked, there are very pleasant walks to the Rumps, which lies to the right, or Pentire Point. the Cornwall North Coast Path connects both headlands to form a circular route.
Polzeath is the location for the UK's first Voluntary Marine Wildlife Reserve providing events and activities around the area's unique sea life and promoting an understanding of life at the ocean's edge.