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Holywell Bay
A wide dune-backed surfing beach with the Gull Rocks offshore, used as a filming location for Poldark.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Newquay
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Newquay
Newquay works well as a base: 20 minutes from Saint Columb Major, 17km from Wheal Coates.
Newquay is in England, United Kingdom, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Saint Columb Major, about 9 km away.
Newquay ( NEW-kee; Cornish: Tewynblustri [tɛʊɪnˈblʏstriː] ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast, approximately 12 miles (19 km)Read more
north of Truro and 20 miles (32 km) west of Bodmin.
The town is bounded to the south by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and to the north-east by the Porth Valley. The western edge of the town meets the Atlantic at Fistral Bay. The town has been expanding inland (south) since the former fishing village of New Quay began to grow in the second half of the nineteenth century.
At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,626 and the population of the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics was 24,545.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Newquay?
Within an hour or so of Newquay: Holywell Bay (5 km), Bedruthan Steps (8 km), Park Head (9 km), St Agnes Head (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Newquay?
The nearest famous roads are B3306 St Ives to Land's End, Atlantic Highway (A39) and A39 Atlantic Highway (Barnstaple to Bude).
Where is Newquay?
Newquay is in England, United Kingdom, about 9 km from Saint Columb Major.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,189
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 50.4156, -5.0732
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Newquay
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Bedruthan Steps
Giant rock stacks marching across a wild sandy beach below towering cliffs on the rugged north Cornwall coast.
8 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Park Head
A National Trust headland just north of Bedruthan Steps with wide views over the stacks and the Atlantic.
9 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
St Agnes Head
A cliff-top headland on Cornwall's north coast with ruined engine houses of the tin mining World Heritage Site along the shore.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Padstow
A working fishing harbour on the Camel estuary, transformed into a food destination and the terminus of the Camel Trail.
17 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Wheal Coates
A ruined tin mine engine house perched on the cliff at St Agnes, one of Cornwall's most photographed industrial landmarks.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
A Victorian estate garden abandoned after the First World War and restored from the 1990s, with jungle valley and productive gardens.
23 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The Rumps
A twin-headed promontory near Polzeath ringed by Iron Age ramparts, with a fine short walk from Pentire Point.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Newquay
- Right hereBedruthan StepsGiant rock stacks marching across a wild sandy beach below towering cliffs on the rugged north Cornwall coast.
- Right herePark HeadA National Trust headland just north of Bedruthan Steps with wide views over the stacks and the Atlantic.
- 16 kmSt Agnes HeadA cliff-top headland on Cornwall's north coast with ruined engine houses of the tin mining World Heritage Site along the shore.
- 23 kmThe RumpsA twin-headed promontory near Polzeath ringed by Iron Age ramparts, with a fine short walk from Pentire Point.
- 38 kmBrown WillyThe highest point in Cornwall at 420 m, a long granite-topped ridge in the middle of Bodmin Moor.
- 43 kmB3306 St Ives to Land's EndA narrow granite-walled road along Cornwall's wild north-west coast past Zennor and Pendeen, slow but stunning.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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