Newquay Tretherras

Newquay Tretherras School is a secondary school with academy status in Newquay, Cornwall, England. The current headteacher is Samantha Fairbairn. The school first opened on 7 January 1954 and first secondary modern school to be built in Newquay.

Type: School
Description: school in Cornwall, UK
Address: Trevenson Road, Newquay, TR7 3BH

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Newquay Zoo and Newquay railway station.

Newquay Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Newquay Zoo is a zoo in Newquay, United Kingdom, operated by Dutch leisure company Libéma since January 2026. The zoo is the largest in Cornwall, housing approximately 993 animals representing 36 species across its 13‑acre site. Newquay Zoo is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Newquay Tretherras.

Newquay railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Newquay railway station serves the town and seaside resort of Newquay in Cornwall, England. It is the terminus of the Atlantic Coast Line from Par, 302 miles 49 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Newquay railway station is situated 3,900 feet west of Newquay Tretherras.

Lusty Glaze

Beach

Lusty Glaze also known as Lusty Glaze Beach, is a beach in Newquay, Cornwall. Lusty Glaze is privately owned, notably to the low watermark. For much of the year, the beach is open, free of charge to the public. Lusty Glaze is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Newquay Tretherras.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porth and Nansledan.

Porth

Village

Photo: Frozenjakalope, Public domain.

Porth is a small historic coastal settlement and beach area located on the eastern edge of Newquay, Cornwall, England. Porth is near the village of St Columb Minor.

Nansledan

Suburb

Nansledan is a major new suburb of Newquay in Cornwall, England. Nansledan has been developed by the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall since 2013, with residents first occupying their homes in 2015.

Saint Columb Minor

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Newquay Tretherras

Categories: secondary school, academy school, and education
Location: Newquay, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.41663° or 50° 24′ 60″ north

Longitude

-5.05859° or 5° 3′ 31″ west

Operator

Cornwall Education Learning Trust

Open location code

9C2PCW8R+MH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 118245984

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q7019113

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“Newquay Tretherras” goes by many names.

French: “Newquay Tretherras”
Irish: “Newquay Tretherras”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Newquay Sports and Community Centre and Godolphin Atlantic AFC.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tretherras School Grounds and Tretherras School Bott Car Park.

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Worth a closer look: Tintagel and Bodmin.

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