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Beach
Fistral Beach
Beach in Fistral Bay, half a mile west of Newquay between Towan Head and Pentire Point East.
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Newquay & the North Coast: things to do
Places worth your time in Newquay & the North Coast
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Things to do in Newquay & the North Coast
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Historic building
Huer's Hut
Listed building on Towan Head, used from the 16th century as a lookout for shoals of pilchards.
Headland
Towan Head
Headland between Fistral Bay and Newquay town, where Huer’s Hut stands.
Beach
Lusty Glaze
Beach on the north-east side of Newquay, privately owned but open to the public for much of the year.
Zoo
Newquay Zoo
Zoo on a 13-acre site in Trenance Park, the largest in Cornwall.
Headland
Trevelgue Head
Headland, also called Porth Island, with an Iron Age promontory fort and two Bronze Age round barrows.
Beach
Watergate Bay
Two-mile sandy beach about two miles north-north-east of Newquay, used for water sports, kite flying and sand art.
Beach and village
Mawgan Porth
Beach and small settlement north of Watergate Bay, about four miles north of Newquay.
Cliffs and beach
Bedruthan Steps
Stretch of coast between Padstow and Newquay, part-owned by the National Trust, with rocks standing along Bedruthan beach.
Heritage railway
Lappa Valley Steam Railway
Miniature railway with a 15-inch gauge line from Benny Halt to East Wheal Rose, where there is a leisure area.
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Village and beach
Crantock
Village two miles south-west of Newquay on the south side of the River Gannel, where Celtic missionaries founded an oratory in 460.
Headland
Kelsey Head
Coastal headland and Site of Special Scientific Interest with an Iron Age hill fort.
Town and beach
Perranporth
Seaside town about seven miles south-west of Newquay with a two-mile beach facing the Atlantic.
Early Christian site
St Piran's Oratory
Early Christian site in the Penhale Sands dunes, dating from the 6th century and thought to be one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain.
Cornwall
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Padstow & the Camel Estuary
A fishing port, estuary cycling and sandy bays on the north coast
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14 sights · 8 places to eat
Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast
A sailing harbour, fishing villages and the clay-pit gardens of Eden
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14 sights · 16 places to eat
St Ives & West Penwith
Galleries, harbour beaches and the granite moors of Penwith
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- Newquay & the North Coast (area photo): Otto Domes, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fistral Beach: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Huer's Hut: ElzbietaBorgosz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Towan Head: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lusty Glaze: Alex McGregor, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Newquay Zoo: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Trevelgue Head: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Watergate Bay: Kernow Skies, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mawgan Porth: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bedruthan Steps: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lappa Valley Steam Railway: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Crantock: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kelsey Head: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Perranporth: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Piran's Oratory: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Padstow & the Camel Estuary: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast: Marika Reinholds, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Ives & West Penwith: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Penzance, Mousehole & Land’s End: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Falmouth & the Helford: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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