Blue Reef Aquarium Newquay
A small aquarium on Towan Promenade with a walk-through tunnel and a resident octopus — good for an hour on a wet day, and priced like something…
Every major sight in and around Newquay, from the landmark names to the quieter corners.
Lappa Valley
Three miniature railways, a lake with pedalos, a maze and a ruined mine engine house — a family day out built on a fifteen-inch gauge line near St…
Crantock Beach
A wide National Trust beach across the Gannel from Newquay — dunes, a tidal river, warm shallow water in the afternoon, and a serious current to…
Trerice
A small Elizabethan manor with a 24-light window and a Cornish kayles alley, four kilometres from Newquay — and an orchard of old Cornish apples.
Boating Lake
Trenance boating lake beside the Gannel — rowing boats, pedalos, terrapins, roses and a café, ten minutes from the middle of Newquay and free to walk…
Great Western Beach
A sandy cove between cliffs right below Newquay town centre — named for the railway that made the town, and the closest good beach to the station.
Lusty Glaze Beach
A privately owned cove reached by 133 steps — a beach with a bar, a restaurant, live music and abseiling, and free to get onto most of the year.
Wheal Coates
An engine house on a cliff ledge above the Atlantic near St Agnes — the image of Cornish mining, and a World Heritage Site you can walk to for…