Perranporth
Perranporth is a seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Perranporth is a seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 2.1 miles east of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, and around 7 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth and its 2 miles (3 km) long beach face the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 3,066, and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It has an electoral ward in its own name whose population was 4,270 in the 2011 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Perranporth
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Piran's Round
Perran Round is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of Rose, midway between the villages of Goonhavern and Perranporth, Cornwall, UK. It is described as the best surviving example of a plen-an-gwary, a medieval amphitheatre used for performing the Ordinalia, or Cornish miracle plays, and Cornish wrestling tournaments.
2.3 km · Hill fort and plen an gwari in Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Rose in Vale Country House Hotel
Rose in Vale Country House Hotel, in Mithian, Cornwall, England, UK, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. It was originally a 17th-century Cornish longhouse that consisted of two cottages.
3.5 km · country house hotel in Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Impressive rock formations along beach
- 01Perran Round
Perran Round (also known as St Piran's Round) is an amphitheatre in the hamlet of Rose, midway between the villages of Goonhavern and Perranporth, Cornwall, UK.
- 02Perranzabuloe Museum
Ponsmere Rd, TR6 0BW.
- 03Blue Hills Tin
This 19th century ore-crusher still functions.
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Things to do
- 01Perranporth
A large stretch of golden sand, edged by impressive rocky cliffs.
- 02Chapel Rock Pool
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Where to eat
There are a few seaside restaurants and bars alongside the beach, and cafes along St Piran's Road
- 01Perranporth Inn
36 St Pirans Rd, TR6 0BJ.
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Getting to Perranporth
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 173 km · Bristol (BRS), 206 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 217 km
- Stations
- Perranporth Airfield, 2.3 km
- Cardiff → Perranporth187 km · quickest by road, 4h 44m · £29–38
- Bristol → Perranporth218 km · quickest by road, 4h · £24–32
- London → Perranporth375 km · quickest by road, 6h 35m · £38–50
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No local-transport research exists yet for Perranporth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Perranporth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Perranporth
- Perranzabuloevillage in Cornwall, England, UK2.5 km
- Goonhavernvillage in Cornwall, England, UK3.1 km
- Bolingeyvillage in Cornwall, England, UK1.1 km
- Mithianvillage in Cornwall, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Trevellasvillage in Cornwall, England, UK2.5 km
- Barkla Shopvillage in Cornwall, England, UK4 km