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Tolcarne Point and Tolcarne Beach, Newquay (grid reference 6] Tolcarne (grid reference) and Tolcarne Tor (grid reference) are north-west of North Hill and Trebartha. [7] Tolcarne near Trebartha was a manor recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it belonged to Tavistock Abbey. It was one of several manors held from the abbey by Ermenhald.
Newquay (/ ˈ nj uː k i / NEW-kee; Standard Written Form: Tewynblustri) [citation needed] 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 of Cornwall, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Truro and 20 miles (32 km ...
Watergate during the summer. Watergate Bay (Standard Written Form: Porth Tregoryan, meaning cove at Coryan's farmstead/village) [citation needed] is a long bay or beach flanked by cliffs centred two miles NNE of Newquay below the B3276 Newquay to Padstow road near the hamlet of Tregurrian in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The beach and cliffs. Lusty Glaze (Cornish: Lostyn Glas, meaning "a place to view blue boats") [1] also known as Lusty Glaze Beach, [2] is a beach in Newquay, Cornwall. Lusty Glaze is privately owned, notably to the low watermark. For much of the year, the beach is open, free of charge to the public. The only access to the beach is via 133 steps.
The River Gannel (Cornish: Dowr Gwyles, meaning lovage river [citation needed]) rises in the village of Indian Queens in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It flows north under Trevemper Bridge and becomes a tidal estuary, the Gannel (Cornish: An Ganel, meaning the Channel), that divides the town of Newquay from the village of Crantock and joins the Celtic Sea.
The station is on the Cornish Main Line, and trains to Newquay use a curve of almost 180 degrees before joining the route of the Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR), near the former St Blazey station. Parts of the line were originally built by Treffry as a standard-gauge tramway in the later 1840s to serve Newquay Harbour, and opened from Newquay ...
The Great Western Hotel is the oldest purpose-built hotel in Newquay, Cornwall. [1] The hotel was originally designed by the Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail and first opened in April 1879. [2] [3] [4] The hotel is built in a prominent position overlooking Great Western Beach. The hotel has 66 rooms, some with sea-views. [5]
The incline from Newquay Harbour was at 1 in 4.5 and was worked by stationary engine and wire rope. [2] [1] The main line crossed the Trenance Valley on a viaduct 98 feet (30 m) high and 210 yards (192 m) long, of timber trestles on seventeen stone piers. [6] Its frail appearance led to its being known as the Tolcarne Spider. [12] [14]