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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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Twelve drinks of Christmas 2024
This year’s Twelve Drinks of Christmas menu serves up a sparkling flavour of the Bay. Find out more.
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Black Forest Gateau cocktail recipe
A clarified milk punch cocktail recipe with Tarquins black cherry gin, cherry liquor, lemon juice, double cream, and whole milk.聽
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Twelve Trees of Christmas
Last December we told twelve inspiring sustainability tales across twelve trees here at Watergate Bay.
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The Cornish story behind our Jack Frost cocktail
Built in the 1930's, and sheltered on Summerleaze Beach, Bude sea pool provides the inspiration for Jack Frost, our rum based Christmas cocktail from Cornish Distilling Co..
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Figgy Pudding martini recipe
The Figgy Pudding in this cocktail comes from Tarquins. Our twist includes cider brandy from Fowey Valley. A proper Cornish cocktail.
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Blood orange & cranberry fizz cocktail recipe
From St Ives comes this unique blood orange gin, mixed with Cointreau, cranberry juice, and topped with champagne.
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Apple & rhubarb sour mocktail
A non-alcoholic apple and rhubarb sour with apple juice, lemon and foaming bitters.
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12 drinks of Christmas
We're popping the cork on the festive season and transporting you to Cornwall's most enchanting locations with our 12 Drinks of Christmas.
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St Michael's Manhattan story and recipe
A Manhattan is one of those retro cocktails that still holds its own - but this one has a subtle change; a whiskey distilled in oak barrels by St Michael's Mount here in Cornwall.
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Cornish Christmas punch recipe
A Christmas punch that can be made in advance, heat up when needed or share among friends.
Read moreWatergate 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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