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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.

Watergate Bay on film

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Events in the Bay

Meet Clara Jonas

We meet Clara Jonas, local illustrator, surfer and mural artist of the colourful artwork on the side of the beach food pop-ups at Watergate Bay聽

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Meet: Abstract artist Jethro Jackson

Watch and meet: Jethro Jackson, local contemporary sea-scape artist Jethro Jackson.

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Meet artist: Maia Walczak

Meet Newquay-based Maia Walczak Artist, author, and award-winning children's book illustrator.

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Warrior of the Surf

Standing at 15ft tall, the giant Warrior of the Surf is the latest addition to the Bay. Created by local sculptor Richard Austin.

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Sand art at Watergate Bay

Trains bursting out of tunnels, castles, a giant gorilla. A galloping polo horse. This is sand art at Watergate Bay.

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Download our colouring book

Download, print and colour in one of Maia Walczak's distinctive illustrations. There are three to choose from.

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Jo Atherton flotsam artist

Jo Atherton is a local artist who uses the marine litter as her inspiration to create individual pieces of Flotsam and Jetsam art work.

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Becky Bettesworth Prints

Becky's vintage-railway style Watergate Bay poster gives a nod to the hotel's railway heritage, find out more.

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Watergate Bay on Film

Our films of what you can discover at Watergate Bay beach and Watergate Bay Hotel on the north Cornwall coast.

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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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