Surfing Locations in Cornwall - Newquay, Newquay Zoo, Bude, Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall, Cornish Sharks, St Agnes, Cornwall (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Newquay, Newquay Zoo, Bude, Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall, Cornish Sharks, St Agnes, Cornwall, Newquay railway station, Newquay Cornwall Airport, Newquay F.C., Crantock, Perranporth, RAF St Mawgan, Sennen Cove, Porthleven, Trebarwith Strand, Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway, Fistral Beach, Porthtowan, Treviglas College, World War Zoo gardens, St Ives Bay, Mawgan Porth, Watergate Bay, Boardmasters Festival, Headland Hotel, Newquay Tretherras School, Newquay Voice, Cribbar, Newquay Cornwall Airport Fire and Rescue Service, Holywell, Cornwall, River Gannel, Porth, Cornwall, Lusty Glaze, Newquay Surfing Reef. Excerpt: Newquay (Cornish: /Towan Blystra) is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England. It is situated on the north Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Bodmin and 12 miles (19 km) north of Truro. The town is bounded to the west by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and to the east by the Porth Valley. Newquay has been expanding inland (south) since it was founded. In 2001 the census recorded a permanent population of 19,562. There are some pre-historic burial mounds and an embankment on the area now known as The Barrowfields, 400 m (1,300 ft) from Trevelgue. There were once up to fifteen barrows, but now only a few remain. Excavations here have revealed charred cooking pots and a coarse pottery burial urn containing remains of a Bronze Age chieftain, who was buried here up to 3500 years ago. In 1987, evidence of a Bronze Age village was found at Trethellan Farm, a site that overlooks the River Gannel. The first signs of settlement in the Newquay area consist of a late Iron Age hill fort/industrial centre which exploited the nearby abundant resources (including deposits of iron) and the superior natural defences provided by Trevelgue ...