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Perranporth

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Also known as Perranporth, Cornwall

thumb|Perranporth Boating Lake thumb|Perranporth town centre, with the beach in the background

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Place details

Locality
Perranporth
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,210
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Droskyn Point - geograph.org.uk - 23562.jpg
UK place.static_image_width
240
UK place.static_image_caption
Perran Beach from Droskyn Point
UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Perranporth
UK place.cornish_name
Porthperan
UK place.population
3,066
UK place.civil_parish
Perranzabuloe
UK place.unitary_england
Cornwall
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Cornwall
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Camborne & Redruth
UK place.post_town
Perranporth
UK place.postcode_district
TR6
UK place.postcode_area
TR
UK place.dial_code
01872
UK place.os_grid_reference
SW756540

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Named after
Saint Piran
Located in
Perranzabuloe
Population
3066
Image
Droskyn Point - geograph.org.uk - 23562.jpg
Dialing code
01872
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Commons category
Perranporth
postal code
TR6
OS grid reference
SW756540
historic county
Cornwall
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Protected areas
  • Annual events
  • Places of worship, associations and clubs
  • Sport
  • Cornish wrestling
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Perranporth Boating Lake thumb|Perranporth town centre, with the beach in the background

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 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.

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

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