Carlyon Bay

Coordinates: 50°20′10″N 4°43′55″W / 50.336112°N 4.731969°W / 50.336112; -4.731969 For the parish council see Carlyon

Carlyon Bay (Cornish: Caryones, meaning forts) is a bay and a set of three beaches (Crinnis, Shorthorn and Polgaver) near St Austell on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of the town centre.

Between 1920 and the Second World War, Carlyon Bay was the site of the New Cornish Riviera Lido and large sports facilities. After the war it became known as the Cornish Leisure World. A large venue, the Cornwall Coliseum, opened in the 1950s, it hosted exhibitions, tennis tournaments and many concerts by leading musicians, but lost its importance with the opening of the Plymouth Pavilions in 1991. The venue continued until early 2003 when only the Gossips nightclub remained open, until its closure too shortly after. The building still stands but has fallen into disrepair.

Since the 1990s there have been plans for development of homes and a resort complex.

Carlyon

Coordinates: 50°20′14″N 4°44′15″W / 50.33724°N 4.73742°W / 50.33724; -4.73742

Carlyon (Cornish: Karleghyon, meaning fort of rock-slabs) is one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell area of south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The new parish is part coastal and part rural in character. It includes the settlements of Carlyon Bay, Garker and Tregrehan Mills and is represented by nine councillors.

Carlyon Bay, the principal settlement in the parish, is approximately two miles (3 km) east of St Austell.

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