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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Interior style: the 50s
Get the Watergate Bay look with interior design notes from our family suites.
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Get 'The Living Space' look
We're often asked about the artists and the suppliers behind the textures and features of The Living Space at Watergate Bay.
Read moreHenry Swanzy furniture
In a world of globally out-sourced, production-line manufacture, Henry Swanzy's handcrafted furniture does something a bit different.
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The best colour in the world
Find out how G.F Smith found the best colour in the world with a study involving more than 25,000 people from all over the world.
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Interior style beach lofts
We're often asked about the artists whose floor-ceiling seascapes line the walls of the beach lofts, and the suppliers behind the other textures and features.
Read moreInterior Design Masters
Banjo Beale won series three of Interior Design Masters and with it the prize contract to redesign a self-catering Beach Retreats apartment in Watergate Bay.
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Colours of Watergate Bay
We invited Falmouth-based photographer Rhona McDade聽to capture the colours of the rainbow through a distinctly Watergate lens.
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Beach lofts
Designed to feel like a modern city loft, with warm textures, sustainable design and unbroken sea views here's a sneak peek at our beach loft experience.
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Interior style: Ocean wing
They say good magicians should never reveal the secret. Fortunately for you, there's no trick to the interior design in our rooms. It's real magic.
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New Beach Lofts Artist Impressions
Get a first look at our plans for the beach lofts, opening spring 2021 in the building previously home to Fifteen restaurant.
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Interior style - family suites
Interior specialists, Household have perfectly paired the Hotel's natural landscape, with colours of oyster grey, porcelain and misty blue - with our furnishings and decor.
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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.
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.
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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