Perranporth
Perranporth is a seaside resort town on the north shore of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile eastern of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, as well as around 8 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth and its 3 miles (5 kilometres) long beach 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 very own name, whose population was 4,270 in the 2011 census. The town's contemporary name comes from Porth Peran, the Cornish for the cove of Saint Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall. He established St Piran's Oratory on Penhale Sands near Perranporth in the 7th century. Buried under sand for lots of centuries, it was unearthed in the 19th century.