Tidal Island

The River Camel is home to many tidal islands and of course the famous Doom Bar! Years ago many ships were wrecked on the Doom Bar because the access to Padstow’s harbour was via a narrow channel between the Doom Bar and the cliffs at Stepper point. Nowadays continual dredging of the channel has made it much safer for boats to travel but deaths have still occurred on the bar as recently as 1997!