Perspectives

A filmmaker, bestselling author and abstract artist reveal their perspectives of Watergate Bay. What will yours be?

Discover their perspectives...

See the Owen Tozer edit

Ethereal Watergate wavescapes and reflections, seen through the eyes of filmmaker and photographer, Owen Tozer.

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Listen to Melissa Hemsley

Bestselling food author and sustainability champion Melissa Hemsley shares her standout Watergate Bay memories.

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See the invisible with Jethro Jackson

Following his recent residency, Cornish artist Jethro Jackson shares a refreshingly abstract perspective on this familiar stretch of coastline.

Artist in residence

Allison Sadler: Rain or shine

"Being so close to the elements and the forever changing colours and light connects me on a deeper level to my surroundings"

The sea, the sea!

Lazy loft living by Danny North

"It’s spectacular because you feel like you’re floating above the water. I’ve never experienced anything like that in any hotel in my life."

Photo story

Nina Brooke: Artist in residence

"It can sometimes be an expanse of exposed sand, with a really long beach, and other times the tide is high and the Bay is transformed..."

Artist in residence

Hattie Garlick: Work-life balance

"There really is something about this view, the pared down landscape of water and sky in horizontal bands that focuses the mind."

Work-life balance

Women of Watergate Waves

"Watergate’s rugged cliffs, with the golden sand and crashing turquoise waves"

A surfers perspective...

A beach ranger's perspective

"You can find these coves where you’re there by yourselves all day. There’s just a sense of space that is quite unlike anywhere else I can think of in Cornwall."

Heading north

A storm bather's perspective

48mph winds, wild waves & ‘white horses’. A stay at Watergate Bay gave writer Helen Gilchrist a whole new perspective on the word ‘invigoration’…

Storm bathing