Editing Polzeath (section)

==Geography==
The catchment surrounding Polzeath is approximately 40,900 hectares<ref name = EA>{{cite web |url= http://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/profile.html?site=ukk3104-33300 |title= 2020 Bathing Water Profile for Polzeath |publisher= Environment Agency |accessdate=29 March 2020 }}</ref> and is drained by several streams. The Polzeath Brook stream rises near [[St Minver]] {{convert|2|mi}} to the east, and with several tributaries<ref>{{cite web |url= https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/data/search |title = Search Data |work= National River Flow Archive |publisher= UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |accessdate= 29 March 2020 }}</ref> drains farmland before flowing through the middle of the Valley Caravan Park campsite and into the sea across Polzeath beach.  The Trenant Stream is 900m long<ref name = EA /> and also crosses the beach, this time entering from the north-east corner. There is also a small stream 1.5 kilometres long,<ref name = EA /> which flows onto Pentireglaze beach (also known as ''Baby Bay'') which is at the northern end of Polzeath beach but is separated from it at high tide by Slipper Point.

Shilla Mill at the edge of Polzeath, stands at the confluence of the streams.<ref name=OS /> Built around 1590, it ceased working as a mill in 1885 and was converted into a house.