St Austell Bay
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Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
on Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
's south coast which is bounded to the east by Gribbin Head and to the west by Black Head.
Since 1 April 2009 it has also been the name of a civil parish, one of four new parishes
St Austell parishes
Four new parishes were created for the St Austell area on 1 April 2009. The parishes are:* St Austell Town Council covering Bethel, Gover, Mount Charles, Poltair and St Austell Bay ; represented by 20 councillors....
created on for the St Austell
St Austell
St Austell is a civil parish and a major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the south coast approximately ten miles south of Bodmin and 30 miles west of the border with Devon at Saltash...
area. It lies southeast of the town of St Austell
St Austell
St Austell is a civil parish and a major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the south coast approximately ten miles south of Bodmin and 30 miles west of the border with Devon at Saltash...
and stretches along the coast from Charlestown
Charlestown, Cornwall
Charlestown is a village and port on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Austell Bay. It is situated approximately south east of St Austell town centre....
in the north to Black Head in the south. It includes the communities of Charlestown, Duporth, Porthpean and Trenarren and is represented by seven councillors.