Bake, Cornwall

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|map_type= Cornwall

|label_position= top

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4011|-4.3657|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Bake

|cornish_name= Pobas

|population=

|population_ref=

|civil_parish= Deviock

|unitary_england= Cornwall

|lieutenancy_england = Cornwall

|region= South West England

|constituency_westminster= South East Cornwall

|post_town= SALTASH

|postcode_district = PL12

|postcode_area= PL

|dial_code= 01503

|os_grid_reference= SX 321 585

|static_image_name = Entrance to Bake Lakes - geograph.org.uk - 3775409.jpg

}}

Bake ({{langx|kw|Pobas}}) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Deviock, in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is {{convert|5|km}} west of St Germans at {{gbmapping|SX 321 585}}, {{convert|1|km}} south-west of the A38/A374 Trerulefoot roundabout.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}

Bake is the seat of the Moyle family (although Bake itself is in the civil parish of Deviock) and St German's Priory has a mortuary chapel for the Moyle family of Bake.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51805 British History.ac.uk website. Retrieved March 2010.]

West of the manor house, a steep tree-lined valley called Bake Wood runs down to the River Seaton. At the top of the valley, seven artificial lakes are commercially operated as Bake Fishing Lakes providing coarse fishing and fly fishing.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bakelakes.co.uk/mapdir.htm |title=Bake Fishing Lakes website. Retrieved March 2010. |access-date=2010-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316222354/http://www.bakelakes.co.uk/mapdir.htm |archive-date=2010-03-16 |url-status=dead }}

There is also a place called Bake in the civil parish of Pelynt.Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 20