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Newquay
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Also known as Tewynblustri, Newquay, Cornwall

Newquay ( ; ) 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 north of Truro and west of Bodmin.

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.map_type
Newquay
UK place.official_name
Newquay
UK place.cornish_name
Tewynblustri
UK place.population
23,626
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)
UK place.unitary_england
Cornwall
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Cornwall
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
St Austell and Newquay
UK place.post_town
NEWQUAY
UK place.postcode_district
TR7, TR8
UK place.postcode_area
TR
UK place.dial_code
01637
UK place.os_grid_reference
SW815615
UK place.type
Town
UK place.civil_parish
Newquay
UK place.website
newquay.gov.uk

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Cornwall
Population
20342
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Newquayhill.jpg
Dialing code
01637
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postal code
TR7
twinned administrative body
Dinard
Commons category
Newquay
topic's main category
Category:Newquay
OS grid reference
SW815615
category of associated people
Category:People from Newquay
historic county
Cornwall
P8168
Kukës
different from
New Quay
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Encyclopedic overview

46 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Prehistoric period
  • Domesday Book
  • Funds to build a 'new quay'
  • Medieval to Early Modern period
  • The Huer's Hut
  • Central Inn
  • Dr William Borlase visit in 1755
  • 19th century
  • Victorian hotels
  • 20th century
  • 21st century
  • Governance
  • Administrative history
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Geology
  • Economy
  • Tourism
  • Town trail
  • Spaceport
  • Transport
  • Railway
  • History
  • Mid Cornwall Metro
  • Airport
  • Bus
  • Education
  • Second World War
  • Religious sites
  • Non-conformist
  • Roman Catholic
  • Parish Church
  • Public Services
  • Emergency services
  • Newquay Community Hospital
  • Sport and leisure
  • Surfing
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • Twinning
  • Filmography
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Newquay ( ; ) 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 north of Truro and 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newquay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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