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Newquay

Newquay is a town on the north coast in , England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast, approximately 12 miles north of and 20 miles west of .
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  • Type: Town with 20,200 residents
  • Description: town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England
  • Also known as: “Newquay, Cornwall” and “Tewynblustri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newquay Zoo and Newquay railway station.

Zoo
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
is a zoological garden located within Trenance Leisure Park in Newquay, England. The zoo was opened in on Whit Monday, 26 May 1969 by the local council.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town and seaside resort of Newquay in , England. It is the terminus of the Atlantic Coast Line from , 302 miles 49 chains from the zero point at measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

Archaeological site
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The Huer's Hut is a listed building in Newquay, Cornwall, England. It may date from the 14th century and have originally seen use as a hermitage and lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cubert and Saint Columb Minor.

Village
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is a village in , England, United Kingdom. It is three miles south-southwest of Newquay and is in the civil parish of . Once known as St , the village is dominated by the spire of its 14th-century church which was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle a century later. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Newquay.

Village
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St Columb Minor is a village in the civil parish of Newquay, on the north coast of , England, United Kingdom. St Columb alone by default refers to the nearby ; both the town and the village are named after the 6th century saint Columba of Cornwall and have dedicated to her.

Village
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is a village in , England, United Kingdom, close to Newquay, at the junction of the A392 and A3058 roads. It is named after the surrounding area of moorland. is situated 2½ miles east of Newquay.

Newquay

Latitude
50.4134° or 50° 24′ 48″ north
Longitude
-5.0849° or 5° 5′ 6″ west
Population
20,200
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
IATA airport code
NQY
United Nations Location Code
GB NQY
Open location code
9C2PCW78+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18485879
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2641589
Wiki­data ID
Q943517
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Newquay” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Newquay”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nyuki”
  • Basque: “Newquay”
  • Belarusian: “Ньюкі”
  • Bengali: “ন্যূকে”
  • Breton: “Tewynblustri”
  • Bulgarian: “Нюкий”
  • Catalan: “Newquay”
  • Cebuano: “Newquay (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Newquay”
  • Chinese: “Newquay”
  • Chinese: “紐基”
  • Chinese: “紐奎”
  • Chinese: “纽基”
  • Cornish: “Tewyn Plustry”
  • Cornish: “Tewynblustri”
  • Czech: “Newquay”
  • Dutch: “Newquay”
  • French: “Newquay”
  • French: “Tewynblustri”
  • German: “Newquay”
  • Gujarati: “ન્યૂકે”
  • Hebrew: “ניוקווי”
  • Indonesian: “Newquay”
  • Irish: “Newquay”
  • Irish: “Tewyn Plustry”
  • Irish: “Tewynblustri”
  • Italian: “Newquay”
  • Japanese: “ニューキー”
  • Kannada: “ನ್ಯೂಕ್ವೆ”
  • Korean: “뉴키”
  • Ladin: “Newquay”
  • Latin: “Newquay”
  • Lithuanian: “Niukvėjus”
  • Manx: “Tewynblustri”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Newquay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Newquay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Newquay”
  • Norwegian: “Newquay”
  • Ossetian: “Ньюки”
  • Persian: “نیوکی”
  • Polish: “Newquay”
  • Portuguese: “Newquay”
  • Romanian: “Newquay”
  • Russian: “Ньюки”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Newquay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tewynblustri”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Newquay”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نیوکی”
  • Spanish: “Newquay”
  • Spanish: “Tewynblustri”
  • Swedish: “Newquay”
  • Tamil: “நியூகுயாய்”
  • Telugu: “న్యూకే”
  • Urdu: “نیوقوے”
  • Vietnamese: “Newquay”
  • Volapük: “Newquay”
  • Welsh: “Newquay”
  • Welsh: “Tewynblustri”

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