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What's Available Neear St Kew?
- Historic Church - Ogham Stone and 15th c stained glass
windows
- St Kew Golf course
- close to Polzeath, Rock, Daymwer Bay and Port Isaac.
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HOLIDAYS IN POLZEATH
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St Kew
Sat Nav Co-ordinates: 50.5580°
N, 4.7950° W
Postcode: PL30 3HB
(postcode is for sat-nav purposes only)
St Kew is a small picturesque Cornish village on
the North Coast, just south of Port Isaac and St Minver. This
is an ideal Holiday destination; located at the heart of one of
the counties most popular tourist destinations - The Camel Estuary,
Rock, Polzeath and Port Isaac - with easy access to Padstow, Tintagel,
Boscastle and Bodmin Moor.
There are two distinct hamlets to St Kew.
The hamlet of "St Kew Highway"
Located on the Atlantic Highway (A39), the main coastal route
through North Cornwall, running from Truro, past the ever popular
holiday resort of Newquay and through Wadebridge where the road
crosses the River Camel before travelling up through North Cornwall
past Bude and into North Devon. The Red Lion Inn in St
Kew Highway features an outdoor family seating area - an ideal
stop on travels through the area.
People relaxing in the rocks that line
the cliff edges of Polzeath Beach
St Kew Chuchtown
The Church is located in the hamlet of "St
Kew Churchtown". The church dates from the fifteenth century
and is built on the site of a much earlier church. There are some
splendid stained glass windows, which have recently been restored.
The church is unusual in that it was dedicated
to two saints. The original chapel had been dedicated St Docco
and his sister, to St.Kew. The church was erected on the site
of one of the earliest Celtic monasteries in Cornwall. The original
chapel and graveyard - believed to have been founded by St Docco.
There is a small stone, located at the back of St kew Church,
with both Latin and Ogam characters, the inscription reads "Justi".
The St Kew Inn is a 15th century village
pub located next to the church in the centre of St Kew Churchtown.
The building was originally built to house the workers, who were
building the church next door. The construction of the church
building would have taken over 10 years to complete and the masons
and labourers involved in the construction would have brewed their
own beer on site - with the current cellar of the St Kew Inn believed
to be part of the original Brewing house.
The St Kew Inn has been central to village
life in the area, acting as an auction house, a site for political
meetings, as well as a traditional wedding. The St Kew Inn was
the location of an annual fair , held on on the first Tuesday
of April up until the end of the 18th century and held Cornish
Wrestling contests in the meadow (now the car park) up until the
1960s.
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