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Holywell, Cornwall

Village in Cornwall, England

Field	Value
official_name	Holywell
civil_parish	Cubert
country	England
region	South West England
coordinates
post_town	Newquay
postcode_area	TR
postcode_district	TR
unitary_england	Cornwall
lieutenancy_england	Cornwall
hide_services	Yes
static_image	The Treguth Inn, Holywell - geograph.org.uk - 2864252.jpg
static_image_caption	The Treguth Inn

Holywell () is a coastal village in the civil parish of Cubert (), in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at Holywell Bay (),

Holywell beach adjoins the settlement to the northwest and Penhale Camp, formerly an army training establishment that was regularly used by cadets, is half-a-mile to the southwest. On the north side of Holywell beach Holywell Cave is accessible at low tide and contains many pools formed by natural buildup of minerals. In the cave is St Cubert's holy well.

On the east of the beach, there is a 5,000 year old sand dune system that is one of the largest in Britain. During the summer, tourists can use these dunes for Sandboarding.

There are two holiday parks just outside of the village. Holywell Bay Holiday Park, operated by Parkdean Resorts, and Trevornick campsite.

W. J. Burley, the author of the Wycliffe novels, lived in Holywell until his death in 2002.

Holywell Bay is also the residence of both Maia Garner and Louis Garner, athletes that have represented Great Britain in the sport of surf lifesaving.

Film location

The "skeet surfing" scene in the 1984 comedy Top Secret! was filmed on Holywell Bay, which stood in for California.

The opening scene for Die Another Day attempting to replicate North Korea, was filmed here in 2002.

Many of the scenes in Poldark were filmed on the beach.

Scenes from the 2015 BBC Miniseries Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None were filmed at Holywell.

References

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