63-483: The Newquay Voice is a local weekly newspaper, launched in September 2001 by Andrew and Chrissie Laming, that publishes every Wednesday from Newquay , Cornwall , United Kingdom covering the northern part of the former borough of Restormel . The paper has five editorial staff including a full-time photographer and sport editor. The paper is edited by Simon Fernley, a journalist with more than 20 years experience of
126-664: A spaceport , and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of Cornwall , approximately 12 miles (19 km) 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
189-511: A commodious cellar lately built." The first national British census of 1801 recorded around 1,300 inhabitants in the settlement which would have include the small settlements which would become Newquay (enumerated as a village under St Columb Minor parish). In 1832 the London-based entrepreneur Richard Lomax bought the manor of Towan Blystra. This included the small harbour at what was becoming known as New Quay. The proposal included
252-494: A description of New Quay and Towan and the unpaved track between the settlements. It also showed some buildings including an inn, (this was rebuilt in 1859 and is now known as The Central), cottages along what would become Bank Street and other structures connected with the fishing industry, such as the cellars, where the fish were dried and packed in barrels. Lomax began the construction of the north and south quay, but he died in 1837 before his harbour had been completed. The harbour
315-509: A group of Irish hermits founded an oratory there. The village lies to the south of the River Gannel , which forms the boundary between the parishes of Newquay and Crantock. The River Gannel is tidal and ferries operate on a seasonal basis from Fern Pit to Crantock Beach. The River Gannel runs along Crantock Beach and joins the Celtic Sea . The village can be reached from the A3075 road via
378-589: A large site known as Nansledan ('broad valley' in Cornish) is now well under way, mainly west of the Quintrell Road. Plans were approved for the development of 800 homes at Nansledan in December 2013, but the plan now includes more than 4,000 homes, shops, a supermarket, church and a 14-classroom primary school which opened to its first pupils in September 2019. Following the example set at Tregunnel Hill,
441-401: A poem into a rock in a cave on the beach, along with a portrait of his lost love and her horse. The carvings are said to be the work of a local man, Joseph Prater. It is unclear who Joseph Prater was. The brothers Joseph and William Prater are known to be two members of an artistic family who rented a couple of studio huts on the cliff top above Crantock beach. Another candidate for the artwork
504-519: A regular Sunday supply of preachers from Plymouth , Torquay , and Truro. The first Methodist chapel was built in 1833, at a cost of £170. It was originally built as Crantock Street Methodist Chapel in 1833, the second such Methodist building in Newquay. Some members left in 1852, while the rest moved to the Steps Chapel in 1865. Following a visit by General Bramwell Booth in 1924, the building
567-482: A site that overlooks the River Gannel. The first signs of settlement in the Newquay region 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 Head . It is claimed that occupation of the site was continuous from the 3rd century BC to the 5th or 6th century AD. A Dark Ages house
630-573: A state of disrepair,. The inn was rebuilt in 1859, and was known as the Commercial Inn until early in the 20th century. Dr William Borlase , who was a Cornish antiquarian and the Rector of Ludgvan , visited Towan Blystra in 1755 during a tour of Cornwall. He wrote: "Passed the Ganel and went about a mile further to a place of about twelve houses called Towan Blystra, a furlong further to
693-444: A street fair known as the "Crantock Summer Fiesta" which has a coconut shy, tombola, raffle and many other stalls. In 2006, the village held its second annual "big bale push" involving locals pushing tightly packed straw cylinders around the roads of the village, which are closed for the event. The first event raised over £800 and in the ensuing years the total has grown to over £50,000 which has been donated to key charities close to
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#1732776060843756-476: A time as West Newquay) and the Trenance Valley. Other streets dating from the 1920s included St Thomas Road, which provided the approach to the town's new cottage hospital at its far end, to be followed by others in the same area near the station, such as Pargolla Road. More recent development has been on a larger scale: until the late 1960s, a passenger arriving by train would not have seen a building by
819-441: Is Joseph Henry Prater who worked and lived as a dairyman on his father’s farm just above the cave. The identity of the woman depicted in the carving is also not known, though an Ethel de Medina Greenstreet nee Spender, a journalist, drowned on Crantock Beach in 1904. One source attributes the carving of the horse to be the work of a local man, James Dyer, who created the carving in the 1940s. The coastal footpath skirts all along
882-424: Is believed that this market may have been located in what is now Central Square, though fish trading also likely took place directly at the quay and in nearby cellars. The public house later known as 'The Central' (rebuilt in 1859) became a hub of local trade, with farmers parking wagons of grain in the square and conducting business inside the inn. Richard Carew ’s Survey of Cornwall , published in 1602, includes
945-428: Is currently categorised as grade II* The origins of the original inn on the site of the present Central Inn are unclear. An inn was recorded on this site in 1755, which was probably built of freestone and topped with a thatched roof, later slate. It served as an early place of trade. In her publication "Old Newquay," Sarah Teague Husband described the inn in the 1850s as being "two or three hundred years old" and in
1008-465: Is dedicated to St Carantoc , founder of the village. At one time the parish was known as Langurroc which translates as – The Dwelling of Monks . There is a Langurroc Road in the village. Langurroc was infamously (among locals) covered up in a sandstorm and may well lie beneath the sand dunes which back Crantock Beach. St Carantoc's Church was founded in Norman times and was originally cruciform, but
1071-530: Is not a Cornish equivalent of Newquay, and there is no historical record of the name "Newquay" being rendered in Cornish . The two settlements were connected by a track that eventually became today's Fore Street. The local economy at the time relied primarily on fishing, agriculture, and some mining activity The earliest mention of a fish market in the area dates back to 1571, found in the Arundell papers. It
1134-554: Is spelt Narrowcliffe. At the time of the First World War the last buildings at the edge of the town were a little further along present-day Narrowcliff. Post-war development saw new houses and streets built in the Chester Road area, accompanied by ribbon development along the country lane which led to St Columb Minor, some 2 miles (3 km) away. This thoroughfare was modernised and named Henver Road, also some time in
1197-511: The 15th century , and possibly before that. The origins of modern Newquay can be traced back to the medieval period to a small cluster of cottages known as "Towan," located where the Central Inn now stands. About 200 meters (660 feet) away was another settlement called "New Quay," referring to a small harbour within the Manor of Towan Blystra. Despite occasional confusion, "Towan Blystra"
1260-467: The 1930s. Development continued in this direction until the Second World War , by which time much of Henver Road had houses on both sides, with considerable infilling also taking place between there and the sea. A thriving knitting industry became established in Newquay in the early part of the 20th century. In 1905, Madame Hawke began selling machine-knitted garments in a shop in the centre of
1323-539: The 1970s and 1980s, included not merely housing but also an industrial estate and several large commercial outlets, including a major supermarket and a cash and carry warehouse. One of the worst hotel fires in Britain for many years occurred in 2007 at the Penhallow Hotel, which overlooked Towan beach. Three people were killed because the hotel management had not complied with fire safety standards. The building
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#17327760608431386-536: The Gannel could be dated to the Mesolithic period. The earliest development in the area is Treringey Round, a roughly-rectangular area enclosed by bank 1 metre high and an outer ditch 1.3 metres deep. It is of unknown pre-historic date. Treringey Round is located at the end of an ancient route at the head of the (then) navigable Gannel estuary. The older part of Crantock village is situated around its church which
1449-422: The Manor , applied for permission to build a single pier, and the development of the modern harbour then began. The Huer's Hut at Newquay, Cornwall served as a lookout point from which a man known as a huer could keep watch for the arrival of the pilchards. They could be discerned by the water turning a dark reddish-brown and by the flocks of seagulls which dived down to feed on the fish. The huer would announce
1512-537: The New Quay in St Columb Parish , here is a little pier, the north point of which is fixed on a rock, the end in a cliff; at the eastern end there is a gap cult [cut] about 25 feet wide into the slaty rock of the cliff: This gap lets small ships into a basin which may hold about six ships of about 80 tons burthen and at spring tides has 18 feet of water in it, upon the brow of the cliff is a dwelling house and
1575-469: The Newquay area also recorded in Domesday Book, (as "Langoroch"). In 1439, Edmund Lacey , Bishop of Exeter granted an Indulgence to build a new quay from which the town would later derive its modern name. However, this appeal did not succeed, and the harbour remained largely undeveloped until the early 17th century , although it is thought to have had a succession of short wooden piers since
1638-584: The Tower was built for the Molesworth family in 1835: it included a castellated tower and a private chapel as they were Roman Catholics and no church for that denomination existed in the area. The Tower later became the golf club house. After the arrival of passenger trains in June 1876, the town started to develop with many rows of private houses and hotels began to emerge. Several major hotels were built around
1701-400: The area now known as The Barrowfields , 400 m (440 yd) 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 3,500 years ago. In 1987, evidence of a Bronze Age village was found at Trethellan Farm ,
1764-429: The arrival by shouting "hevva, hevva" or through the use of a trumpet after which he would direct the townsfolk to the fish by waving tree branches above his head. The word huer has the same derivation as the "hue" in hue and cry , after this action. The Huer's Hut at Newquay has been described as "a particularly fine late mediaeval specimen". The listed building description states that the current structure dates from
1827-452: The awarding of which was featured on ITV's Westcountry Live television programme. The playing field on which the hall is situated was also given a new lease of life and now includes a basketball hoop, climbing facilities, and cricket and football pitches. The village hall is now three times larger than it was and was the centrepiece of 2007's annual "Jazz in the Park". The village also hosts
1890-462: The beach, low tide reveals a carving into a rock, showing a picture of a woman's face, and the inscription "Mar not my face but let me be, Secure in this lone cave by the sea, Let the wild waves around me roar, Kissing my lips for evermore". Supposedly, in the early 20th century a woman was horse riding along Crantock Beach. She and her horse were cut off as the tide came in and the rough seas swept them away, drowning them both. Her distraught lover carved
1953-489: The buildings are again of traditional designs and all street names are in Cornish. Places like Trencreek, Porth and St Columb Minor have long since become suburbs of Newquay: it had been reported that it was possible that by the 2030s, should present development trends continue, the south eastern edge of the town could stretch beyond the present boundary set by Nansledan and encompass Quintrell Downs , 3 miles (5 km) from
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2016-561: The construction of a £6 million Aerohub Business Park there. A plan to launch space vehicles from a new spaceport alongside the airport moved ahead in July 2018 when a contract was signed with Virgin Orbit . The first launch from the spaceport, named Spaceport Cornwall , took place on 9 January 2023. The initial launch of the LauncherOne rocket from the carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl ,
2079-498: The danger of collapse. Since January 2016 the Gannel estuary, including the beach, as far as the tidal limit, has been part of the Newquay and the Gannel Marine Conservation Zone , and the headland, above the beach, at West Pentire is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . In June 2023 part of the beach was closed after the collapse of a section of the 65ft (20m) high dunes. At the left hand side of
2142-805: The end of the 19th century, the first being the Great Western Hotel which opened in 1879 on Station Road, now Cliff Road. The original hotel was rebuilt in the 1930s. Other early first-class hotels included the Victoria (1899), the Atlantic (1892) and the Headland (1900) near Fistral , Many smaller hotels were also being opened. Some were created around the turn of the century by converting large houses, many of which had been built originally by wealthy visitors as holiday homes , particularly along Narrowcliff. Three churches were built early in
2205-535: The first in the area to go full colour and have bucked the trend to centralize production; by basing the team responsible for each edition in central offices in their respective towns they remain closer to the communities they serve. Both titles are printed by the Newbury News. Andrew Laming launched the RSL radio station Malibu Surf FM which broadcast annually in Newquay from 1999 to 2005. The station formed part of
2268-629: The first to have a building. The Newquay Baptist Church , formerly the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel founded in 1822, is one of the oldest religious buildings in Newquay. The worshippers at Ebenezer were Strict and Particular, or Calvinistic Baptists . Before the Baptist chapel was built the Strict Baptists formed themselves into a community and met for worship in the old malthouse opposite Primrose House on Beach Road. They had
2331-478: The former fishing village of New Quay began to grow in the second half of the nineteenth century. In 2001, the census recorded a permanent population of 19,562, increasing to 20,342 at the 2011 census and 23,600 in 2021. Recent estimates suggest that the total population for the wider Newquay area (Newquay and St Columb Community Network Area ) was 27,682 in 2017, projected to rise to 33,463 by 2025. There are some pre-historic burial mounds and an embankment on
2394-418: The heart of the local community. Like several other sandy beaches in the Newquay area, Crantock Beach is popular for surfing . There are car parks at Crantock Beach and West Pentire. The beach is backed by sand dunes . In 2014 storms caused the collapse of a retaining wall which caused the River Gannel to change course, meandering across the beach. This has resulted in erosion of the base of sand dunes, with
2457-604: The junction at Trevemper . The hamlets of Treninnick and West Pentire are in the parish. Large parts of the parish are now in the ownership of the National Trust , including West Pentire headland which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest noted for its wild flowers and rare plants. The Gannel Estuary, Cornwall: Archaeological and Historical Assessment, published by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit concluded that human activity around
2520-422: The late 18th and early 19th centuries, though a plaque on the structure claims 14th-century origins. The plaque also states that the structure may have been used at an earlier time as a hermitage and lighthouse . The structure was restored in 1836, at which point the fireplace may have been significantly altered. It received protection as a listed building (under the name "Huer's House") on 24 October 1951 and
2583-623: The library and information service, public toilets as well as managing the Killacourt open space and one car park. The Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay is Noah Law ( Labour ), who won the seat in the General Election of 4 July 2024. The previous MP was Steve Double ( Conservative ) who had been MP for the constituency since it was created in 2010. He was re-elected in 2015 and 2019. On 1 May 2024 Newquay town councillors selected Cllr Drew Creek as Mayor for
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2646-528: The line (with the exception of Trencreek village) until the Trenance Viaduct was reached. Today, the urban area starts a good 1.5 miles (2 km) inland from the viaduct. Other growth areas have been on the fringes of St Columb Minor and also towards the Gannel. More development beyond Treninnick, south of the Trenance Valley, has taken the urban area out as far as Lane, where more building is now under way. The Trennnick/Treloggan development, mainly in
2709-569: The lines: “Neyther may I omit newe Kaye, a place in the North coast of this Hundred, so called, because in former times, the neighbours attempted, to supplie the defect of nature, by Art, in making there a Kay, for the Rode of shipping, which conceyt they still retayne, though want of means in themselves, or the place, have left the effect in Nubibus [unfulfilled].” In 1615 Thomas Stuer, who was Lord of
2772-483: The main road from the other side of St Columb Minor right into the town centre. The Doublestiles estate to the north of Henver Road was also built in the early 1950s, as the name of Coronation Way indicates, and further development continued beyond, becoming the Lewarne Estate and extending the built up area to the edges of Porth. Other areas also developed in the period between the wars were Pentire (known for
2835-568: The next 12 months. Outgoing mayor Cllr Margaret North is now deputy mayor. The first Methodist preaching at Newquay was recorded by Richard Treffy in 1802, an innkeeper, Carter, being the host. In 1810, preacher William O'Bryan came to Newquay and formed the nucleus of the first Methodist Society. The Society, later known as the Bible Christians or ' Bryanites ', built a chapel in the Deer Park, now Sydney Road. The Baptists were
2898-651: The patch who was, prior to joining the Voice, sub-editor at the Cornish Guardian . The Newquay Voice has a sister newspaper, the St. Austell Voice , launched in 2006, that covers St Austell, the Clay Country from Fraddon to St Stephens and the coast from Fowey to Mevagissey. The papers provide a locally owned and focussed alternative to the large regional titles that dominate the region. The Voice titles were
2961-569: The successful bid for the Cornwall licence that launched in 2006 as Atlantic FM . Atlantic FM was sold to Global Radio in 2012 and is now branded as a Heart station. Newquay Newquay ( / ˈ nj uː k i / NEW -kee ; Standard Written Form : Tewynblustri ) 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
3024-623: The three other archangels, and Jesus Christ and Mary the Blessed Virgin . The St Michael, chapel-of-ease continued to serve the people of Newquay until 1911 when the chapel was sold to the Women's Institute which owned it for a number of years until it was sold again to FW Woolworth for a new store. The chapel was demolished in 1937. The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity is earlier, having been built in 1903: until 1985 it
3087-724: The town centre. However, the Newquay Neighbourhood Development Plan, which was approved in a referendum held on 6 April 2019, said it was important to retain a 'green buffer' between Newquay and Quintrell Downs. In April 2012 the Aerohub enterprise zone for aerospace businesses was set up at Newquay Airport . In September 2014, the UK's Homes and Communities Agency and the European Regional Development Fund agreed to fund
3150-465: The town. Debenhams was sent a sample of her work and commissioned her as a supplier. She opened a factory in Crantock Street, which has since been converted into housing. Several competing knitting companies were also set up in the town in this period. In the early 1950s, the last houses were built along Henver Road. After that, there was a virtually continuous building line on both sides of
3213-529: The turn of the 19th century, however, it was quite inadequate to hold the summer congregation. The cramped and inconvenient site meant that no further enlargement of the chapel was possible, and it seemed inevitable that a new church would have to be built on a different site. The present church, the Newquay Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel ,
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#17327760608433276-436: The twentieth century, including the present day parish church of St Michael the Archangel , which was consecrated in 1911. Growth of the town eastwards soon reached the area around the railway station : Station Road became Cliff Road around 1930, and the houses beyond, along Narrowcliff, were also converted into hotels. Narrowcliff was known for a while as Narrowcliff Promenade, and then Narrowcliff Road. On some pre-war maps, it
3339-404: The west side of the parish. Walking from Crantock the path leads to a sandy cove called Porth Joke, also known as "Polly Joke". Its name comes from the Cornish " porth lojowek " meaning "cove abounding in vegetation". In later Cornish this became Por Lejowak . This cove is entirely surrounded by National Trust land and has been virtually unchanged over the centuries. Further along the coast path
3402-492: Was at its most prosperous in the 25 years following its purchase in the 1870s by the Cornwall Minerals Railway . In 1872 the middle jetty was added to expand capacity. To the north of the harbour there were fish cellars in the 19th century, where pilchards were salted and packed in casks. The two remaining areas are Fly cellars and Active cellars, although the others have disappeared. A mansion called
3465-513: Was dependent on monks from Bodmin but then became part of the Diocese of Plymouth . There have also been Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels in the town, the Wesleyan being a fine (picturesque) building of 1904. Crantock Crantock ( Cornish : Lanngorrow ) is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall , England, two miles (3 km) southwest of Newquay . In 460,
3528-475: Was later built on the head. The settlement which is now known as Newquay was not mentioned in Domesday Book , although a parcel of land was recorded at Treninnick, which is now part of suburban Newquay. Treninnick was then part of the manor of Coswarth and consisted of one virgate (value 15d) [some 30 acres or 12 hectares] with five sheep. The village of Crantock is the only other recognisable name in
3591-456: Was later demolished and replaced by a new structure. The first phase of a new Duchy of Cornwall development began to be built in 2012 at Tregunnel Hill, which was sometimes unofficially called Surfbury after the similar Poundbury development in Dorset. It has 174 houses of traditional designs. There is now a similar but much more substantial development in progress inland, and construction on
3654-514: Was originally designed by Ninian Comper and built in 1910–11, but the tower not completed until the 1960s. Arthur Mee , in his Cornwall volume of the King's England series, describes the perpetual light maintained in the church as a memorial to the men of Newquay who died in the First World War. The stained glass windows and rood screen are also described: the main themes are St Michael,
3717-535: Was reconstructed in the 14th and 15th centuries: restoration was carried out during the period 1899–1902 by E. H. Sedding , who died in 1921 and is buried in the churchyard. The font is Norman and the rood screen is much restored. The church was collegiate from ca. 1236 to the Reformation . The local village hall has recently undergone a transformation, with money from the National Lottery ,
3780-555: Was successful but the rocket's second stage suffered an anomaly and the vehicle and payload satellites failed to reach orbit. Before the establishment of Newquay Council, The Local Government Act 1858 granted powers to create Local Government Districts in England and Wales , and in 1868 a Local Board was formed in Newquay. The Local Government Act 1894 established urban and rural districts in England and Wales, and one result
3843-510: Was taken over by the Salvation Army in 1926. The first Anglican chapel was built in Newquay in 1858 as a chapel of ease , in a fine Cornish Perpendicular style; it was known as St Michael's due to the dedication of a side chapel. The parish itself was created in 1882 from part of St Columb Minor parish . By 1896 St Michael's Church had been twice enlarged, a north and a south aisle being added, and its capacity increased to 500. By
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#17327760608433906-527: Was the creation of Newquay Urban District. Newquay Urban District Council would be abolished in 1974 as part of local government reorganisation. In that year, the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect, resulting in the merger of the borough of St. Austell with Fowey , Newquay urban district and St Austell Rural District . The new council was known as the Borough of Restormel , but it
3969-490: Was then abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England on 1 April 2009. Cornwall became a unitary authority and there is now a two-tier structure of local government in the county. Cornwall Council is responsible for such matters as council tax collections, schools, highways, the harbour, refuse and recycling and street cleaning. Locally, Newquay Town Council has been gradually acquiring more responsibilities from Cornwall Council , including
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