Perranporth Accommodation

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Perranporth Tourist Information

Perranporth Beach is most certainly one of those special Cornwall beached, loved by surfers for years, the oldest surf school on the North Cornwall Coast is here, and of real historical interest with it's Iron Age Hill top and Celtic history. Tin mining once predominated here, and the marks of it are still visible along the Perranporth coast. With sand dunes and caves, you're in Poldark Country here, location for the famous Winston Graham Poldark Series. Tin Mining history, superb surfing, friendly holiday resort facilities, Celtic and Iron Age History and a Celtic Festival - it's all here in Perranporth. If you've time too detour off the B3285 between Perranporth and St Agnes to view 'Harmony Cot', the birthplace of acclaimed portrait artist of the late 1780s, John Opie. His work 'A Beggar Boy' is on display at Falmouth Art Gallery!

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Perranporth Tourist Information, 8 Tywarnhayle Square, Perranporth, Cornwall, TR60DZ. Tel 01872 575254.

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Perranporth Beaches & Surfing

Perranporth beach is particularly recommended to beginner or intermediate surfers, and it's great length (3 miles) means it's much quieter here than the crowded Newquay surfing beaches. Check out the definitive A1 surfing info link to the right on Perranporth surfing conditions, with daily surf cam. Penhale is the favourite surfing spot on the bay, with 'long walling rights'. Waves get upto 6ft here.

Bathsheba Surf, 19 St Pirans Road, Perranporth, Cornwall. Tel: 01872 573748. Perranporth Surf School, c/o Tre-Pol, 4 Budnick, Perranporth, Cornwall. TR6 0DB. Mobile: 07974 55 08 23. Telephone: 01872 57 12 59.

Perranporth History

Perranporth and this area of the North Cornwall coast are actually pretty significant within Cornish culture as a whole, as St Piran, Cornwall's considered Saint and his myth originates from Perranporth. Even the Black cross on White background Cornish flag has links with St Piran supposedly lighting a fire on Perranporth beach, and tin bubbling up in the shape of a cross - hence the black cross/white background Cornish flag!

5th March annually is St Piran day and it's given due attention by the residents of Perranporth with pilgrimages to the Oratory and Perran's Round accompanied by the band and a crowd of resident - no Wicca Man jokes please! Plans are afoot to continue to excavate this fascinating historical area of Cornwall. Sites of key interest in Perranporth include the Oratory building of St Piran on the beach, and Perran's Round, the Mediaeval Playing Place or Plen-an-gwary which started life as an Iron Age Fort and is now a protected site.

Perranporth Celtic Festival

The Lowender Peran Celtic Festival held at the end of October annually in Perranporth is one of the best Celtic festivals, and certainly one of the most renowned Cornish Celtic Festivals. On the programme are an array of Celtic and Cornish activities including concerts, Ceilis, dance displays, workshops and explorations of the Cornish Language, pipers, a Celtic Craft Market, street dancing, costumed pageant, theatre, story telling, and general workshops on dialect and the Cornish Language. It's a marvellous event, and a superb introduction into ancient Cornish heritage, and Celtic traditions and history.

Perranporth Golf

The best of Cornwall Golf is here in Perranporth, with it's 18 hole, Par 72 course. This golf course is pretty old as well, designed way back in 1927. A handicap certificate is required, and it's a challenging course but suitable for improver's and experienced. Stunning views of this stretch of the North Cornwall coastline are also to be seen from Perranporth Golf Course!

Perranporth Golf Course, Budnic Hill, Perranporth, Cornwall TR6 OAB. Telephone: 01872 573701. Check the Perranporth Golf Club website to the right for full details on this spectacular Cornwall golf course!

Perranporth Restaurants & Bars

The Watering Hole, Perranporth Beach, Perranporth, Cornwall. TR6 0JL Tel: (01872) 572888. A superb beach bar and restaurant located right on the beach, perfect for admiring the glorious sunsets common in Perranporth.

Tidy's Vegetarian Restaurant/Bistro within The Tide's Reach Hotel (open to non-residents) Ponsmere Rd, Perranporth, Cornwall, TR6 0BW. 01872 572188. Waterfront, Beach Lane, Perranporth. Tel: 01872-573167. Del Mar Italian Restaurant, St-Georges Hill, Perranporth, Tel: 01872-572878.

Massala Indian Restaurant, St Pirans Road, Perranporth, TR4 0BJ. Tel: 01872 571624. The North Cornwall coast is particularly well served by Indian restaurants, with no exception here in Perranporth with the superb Massala Restaurant. Find great Indian food too at Jaipur Indian Cuisine, 35 St.Pirans Road, Perranporth, Tel: 01872-573625 .

Hard Drive Cafe, 34 St Pirans Road, Perranporth. Tel: 01872 572006. St Georges Country Hotel and Restaurant, St-Georges Hill, Perranporth, Tel: 01872-572184. Bolingey Inn, Penwartha Road, Bolingey, Perranporth. Tel: 01872 572794.Seiners Arms Hotel, Beach Road, Perranporth, Tel: 01872-573118. (check their website)

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