Trebetherick

Trebetherick is a village in Cornwall, England, lying on the North/Western bank of the River Camel, right at its estuary into the Atlantic Ocean.

Places of Interest

Trebetherick extends rather loosely from Trebetherick Point south towards Rock. Trebetherick Point is a rocky, windswept cliff outcrop separating the Trebetherick beach of Daymer Bay from that of Hayle Bay, at Polzeath just to the north. The remains of shipwrecks can still be seen on the dangerous jagged rocks. The National Trust owns part of the Point.

The large, sandy beach of Daymer Bay itself is largely sheltered from the Atlantic, and in summer usually offers calm swimming for holidaying families.

Behind Daymer Bay are sand dunes, rising into a golf course. Bizarrely set in the middle of the golf course is St Enodoc Church. This curious church with a bent steeple lies considerably below the current surrounding ground level, having been excavated in 1863 after being completely buried by sand. The church's graveyard is the resting place of Poet Laureate John Betjeman, who loved the area and wrote poems about many local sites, including Greenaway, on Trebetherick Point.

To the south of Daymer Bay rises Brea Hill, notable for its ancient tumuli.

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