Charlestown Beach St Austell Cornwall right

St Austell Bay ( kw, Baya Ti war Dreth) is a

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a nar ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...

's south coast which is bounded to the east by

Gribbin Head Gribbin Head ( kw, an Gribyn) is a promontory on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, owned and managed by the National Trust. It separates St Austell Bay from the estuary of the River Fowey and is marked by a large tower used to aid navigati ...

and to the west by

Black Head Black Head may refer to: * Black head, a blocked sweat/sebaceous duct of the skin Headlands Antarctica * Black Head (Graham Land) * Black Head (South Georgia) Australia * Black Head, New South Wales Republic of Ireland * Black Head, County C ...

. Since 1 April 2009, it has also been the name of a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

, one of four new parishes created on for the

St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell was ...

area. It lies southeast of the town of

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' and stretches along the coast from Charlestown in the north to Black Head in the south. It includes the communities of Charlestown,

Duporth Duporth (Cornish: ''Dewborth''; also Duporth Holiday Village) was situated on Porthpean Road, just outside St Austell in south Cornwall, England, UK. For over 50 years, it was a holiday resort, until its closure in 2006. The site has now been sol ...

, Porthpean ( Higher and

Lower Porthpean Lower Porthpean is a coastal hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is close to Higher Porthpean and south of St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St ...

) and

Trenarren Trenarren ( kw, Dinaran) is a hamlet northeast of Pentewan in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey ''Landranger 200; Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000''. 1988 A. L. Rowse the historian lived in his retirement in Trenar ...

and is represented by seven councillors.Cornwall Council website
Retrieved May 2010

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