Perranporth is a small seaside
resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is
popular with surfers and tourists because of its spectacular beach, and Atlantic
swell. It is 6 miles
southwest of Newquay
and 7 miles
northwest of Truro. Perranporth
and its 3 miles
long beach face the Atlantic
Ocean.
It has a population of 3,066,
and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe.
The village's modern name comes from
Porth
Peran, the Cornish for the cove of Saint Piran, the patron saint of
Cornwall. He founded St Piran's Oratory on Penhale Sands near Perranporth in
the 7th century. Buried under sand for many centuries, it was unearthed in the
19th century. The
Voorspoed ran
ashore in a northerly gale in Perran Bay on 7 March 1901, while travelling from
Cardiff to Bahia. The wreck was one of the last to be looted. Perranporth
Airfield, built during World War II as an RAF fighter station, is now a civil
airfield. It is located at Cligga Head, on the plateau above the cliffs.
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