Everything about Rock Cornwall totally explained
Rock is a village in
Cornwall,
England,
UK, located at the
estuary on the North-Eastern bank of the
River Camel.
Rock is a popular destination for tourists and holidaymakers. The principal attractions are the extensive sandy beach that, at low tide, extends past
Brea Hill to
Daymer Bay and
St Enodoc's Church, along with a great many watersports. The
Camel Estuary lends itself well to
windsurfing,
sailing, boating and fishing. There is a well-known sailing Club on the waterfront. There is also an annual swimming race across the Camel.
The
Blacktor Ferry operates across the river to the larger town of
Padstow, and this is a major source of tourist traffic through Rock. The early 21st century has seen extensive building work and increased prosperity for Rock, there a large number of holiday homes, as well as a number of retail outlets. Rock is also home to
Sharps Brewery, an independent
Real Ale Brewery established in the mid
1990s.
Rock has been referred to as 'Britain's
Saint-Tropez' and the 'Kensington of Cornwall' due to its popularity with the very affluent and
upper-class holiday-makers, including the third in the line of succession to the
British Throne,
Prince Harry and what the
Daily Telegraph calls 'Hoorays'. Popular names such as
Hugh Grant and
Jemima Khan, the
Rothschilds, the
Sainsburys, the
Freuds, the
Al Fayeds,and
Harry Enfield have also holidayed here.
Affluent holidaymakers, including
Mohamed Al-Fayed and
Jay Kay of
Jamiroquai, have made use of the nearby helipad .
It is now home to some fancy boutiques and upscale restaurants including one, the Black Pig, which has a
Michelin star.
The name Rock is said to originate from the rock
quarry, which is now a car park, used as a source of ballast for sailing boats which had dropped off cargo at
Padstow.
The name Camel comes from the
Cornish language for "crooked one", a reference to its winding course. Thus although the Rock Sailing and Waterski club photo below uses a
Dromedary Camel as their logo, this is slightly misleading.
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