Perranporth
Perranporth is a seaside resort community on the north shore of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile eastern of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, and around 8 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth and its 3 miles (5 kilometres) lengthy coastline encounter the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 3,066, as well as is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It has a selecting ward in its own name, whose population was 4,270 in the 2011 census. The community's contemporary name comes from Porth Peran, the Cornish for the cove of Saint Piran, the tutelary saint of Cornwall. He founded St Piran's Oratory on Penhale Sands near Perranporth in the 7th century. Hidden under sand for numerous centuries, it was uncovered in the 19th century.
