Polzeath

In 1911, a Methodist chapel was built on the road towards Trebetherick at Chapel Corner. The original building was demolished in 1932, when the village street was widened and a new chapel was opened on 15 April 1933. Since 2006, the chapel has been called the Tubestation, and is an active church with services every Sunday. The rest of the week it is a surfers cafe. Until 1934, the main street through the village crossed the stream by means of a ford and a footbridge was provided for pedestrians, although this was sometimes washed away by winter storms. For vehicles, the road surface stopped short of the ford, and cars splashed through the water on a sandy area, occasionally causing vehicles…