What is Polzeath?
[[Image:PentireHeadMapCornwall.jpg|thumb|Outline map showing Polzeath and the surrounding area]] '''Polzeath''' (pronounced ''pol'zeth'') is a small seaside resort in the parish of [[St Minver]]<ref>[http://mapping.cornwall.gov.uk/website/ccmap/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927050041/http://mapping.cornwall.gov.uk/website/ccmap/ |date=2013-09-27 }} Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved June 2010</ref> in [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]]. It is about six miles (10&nbsp;km) north of [[Wadebridge]] on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast.<ref name=OS>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|9780319229385}}</ref> Polzeath is known for its sandy beach and is popular with holiday-makers and [[surfing|surfers]]. Polzeath beach is described on the RNLI website as : ''... a wide, flat beach with some shelter from winds, it sees good quality surf and is quite often extremely crowded''.<ref>[http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/beaches/PolzeathNorthCornwall] RNLI Lifeguards, Polzeath. Retrieved June 2010</ref> The main street through the village runs along the seafront and then rises up steep hills at both ends of the seafront; towards the neighbouring village of Trebetherick to the southwest and towards New Polzeath to the northeast.<ref name=OS /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Cornwall]]