Perranporth Beach Halt was a later stopping place on the Chacewater–Newquay branch, opened in 1931. It brought the railway closer to the beach and resort than the original Perranporth station.
Both stops belonged to the same branch, but they were separate sites. The halt’s history is part of the line’s adaptation to holiday traffic, rather than the opening of rail services to Perranporth in 1903. Passenger trains last ran on the branch on 2 February 1963; formal closure followed on 4 February.
Where it is
Perranporth Beach Halt
50.34247, -5.153893 · Position source: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=1020&uid=MCO78303
Historic structure reference point; not a verified public entrance. SW75695393. WGS84: 50.34247, -5.153893. Source grid reference converted to WGS84; decimals do not imply a surveyed entrance.
Visiting and access
A location reference, not confirmation of public access or a visitor entrance.
Sources
Source 1: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?resourceID=1020&uid=MCO78303 Source 2: https://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/chacewater-to-newquay-branch.html
Connected subjects
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- The Railway Through Perranporth That Disappeared
Perranporth once sat on a railway between Chacewater and Newquay. The line has gone, but its route still shapes paths, bridges and memory.