Watergate Bay is a bay

Bay

A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...

 located two miles north of Newquay

Newquay

Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately west of Bodmin and north of Truro....

 on the B3276 Newquay to Padstow

Padstow

Padstow is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately five miles northwest of Wadebridge, ten miles northwest of Bodmin and ten miles northeast of Newquay...

 road near the village of Tregurrian

Tregurrian

Tregurrian is a village 2 miles north of Newquay, on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The beach at Watergate Bay was formerly known as Tregurrian beach....

 in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom. It faces the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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Due to the two mile long, sandy beach and exposed north westerly location, it is a popular location for water sports, kite flying, and sand art. In May, 2007, it played host to the English Nationals Surfing Championships.
The Watergate Bay Hotel and Fifteen Cornwall, a restaurant set up by celebrity chef

Celebrity chef

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 Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver

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, are located just above the beach and there are a number of caravan and camping sites within easy reach.

Film, TV and radio

Watergate Bay has been used as a location for the following productions:

• The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
• Plunge (2003) A surf movie
  Surf movie
  Surf movies fall into three distinct genres:*the surfing documentary - targeting the surfing enthusiast*the 1960s beach party films - targeting the broader community and*fictional feature films with a focus on the reality of surfing...
  
   featuring Kate Winslet
  Kate Winslet
  Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
  
  
• Echo Beach (2008) TV Series A 12 part TV series that was filmed during the summer of 2007 featuring Jason Donovan
  Jason Donovan
  Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
  
   and Martine McCutcheon
  Martine McCutcheon
  Martine McCutcheon is an English singer, television personality and Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress. McCutcheon had minor success as one third of the pop group Milan in the early 1990s; however, it was her role as Tiffany Mitchell in BBC's EastEnders that made her a household name in the UK...
  
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• Moving Wallpaper (2008) a behind the scenes comedy following the making of Echo Beach.
• BBC Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4
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  's Open Country
  Open Country
  Open Country is a designation used for some UK access land.It was first defined under the 1949 National Parks Act , and was land over which an appropriate access agreement had been made...
  
  produced a 30-minute BBC Radio Documentary about the bay

External links

• BBC Cornwall: Watergate Bay Webcam