Carlyon Bay

Coordinates: 50°20′10″N 4°43′55″W / 50.336112°N 4.731969°W / 50.336112; -4.731969 For the parish council see Carlyon

View from Carlyon Bay across St Austell Bay looking towards Black Head

Carlyon Bay is a bay and beach in St Austell on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is located approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the town centre.^[1]

Carlyon Bay was formerly the location of the Cornwall Coliseum. Redevelopment of the site was advised in 2003 when UK entrepreneur and real estate developer Johnny Sandelson proposed the 1,000,000 sq. ft. Carlyon Bay resort which has a gross domestic value (GDV) of 250 million. In June 2011, Cornwall councillors voted unanimously in favour of the Carlyon Bay development in St Austell.^[2]

The proposed £250m development is one of the largest private investments in Cornwall.^{[3] [4]}

Geography and geology

Carlyon Bay is surrounded by low cliffs and is divided into three areas: Crinnis, Shorthorn and Polgaver. Much of the sand on the beach is actually waste material from the china clay industry known as "stent". Cornwall Wildlife Trust has identified Shorthorn Beach (the middle beach of the three) as a site of national importance.

The area surrounding the bay was a centre of the mining industry and is now a golf course. The South West Coast Path runs along the cliff top and across the golf course. The Cliff Head Hotel was established in 1934.

In 1979 a scene for the film Dracula was filmed at Carlyon Bay^[5] and in 1986 the music video for Is This Love? by Alison Moyet was filmed on the beach.

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
2. ^ The BBC
3. ^ This is Cornwall
4. ^ "Plan to demolish Coliseum backed by Robert Jobson". The Western Morning News 12th June 2003. carlyonbay.org. http://www.carlyonbay.org.uk/westernmorningnews12062003.html. Retrieved 14 November 2010. 
5. ^ Carlyon Bay from Internet Movie Database

External links

• DMOZ page on Carlyon Bay