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World’s Best Beach Bars: Watering Hole, Perranporth

Posted on 11, July 2013 by newquayt

The Watering Hole, on the beach at Perranporth, Cornwall came 7th when a website published a list of the best Beach Bars in the world; one of only two UK beach bars to make the list. Continue reading →

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A Place Called Filorey Between Newquay and Mawgan

Posted on 11, July 2013 by newquayt

This post is to help those readers of an old book that refers to Filorey between Newquay and Mawgan. If you’re looking to find where this is, then I’ve found the answer for you. The book in question is John Murray’s 1852 book entitled A Handbook for Travellers in Devon and Cornwall.  The line says: “beneath a range of romantic cliffs, which are particularly fine at a place called Filorey between Newquay and Mawgan” and the question one asks is “where is Filorey?” Continue reading →

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Unsolved Murders Newquay

Posted on 11, July 2013 by newquayt

There is still one cold case unsolved murder in Newquay, from July 1958, the murder of Horace Hand (Harold Hand). Continue reading →

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New Car Parking at Port Isaac for Doc Martin Fans

Posted on 10, July 2013 by newquayt

There’s new Car Parking at Port Isaac from today – Port Isaac’s new car park, with 140 spaces, to cater for the thousands of visiting Doc Martin fans, has opened. Continue reading →

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