Perranporth
Perranporth is a seaside hotel town on the north shore of Cornwall, England, UK. It is 1 mile east of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, and around 8 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth and also its 3 miles (5 kilometres) lengthy beach encounter the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 3,066, and also is the biggest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It has an electoral ward in its very own name, whose population was 4,270 in the 2011 census. The town's contemporary name originates from Porth Peran, the Cornish for the cove of Saint Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall. He founded St Piran's Oratory on Penhale Sands near Perranporth in the 7th century. Hidden under sand for lots of centuries, it was unearthed in the 19th century.