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.
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Cornwall Built Railways for Rocks Before It Built Them for Tourists
Newquay’s first railway story starts with Treffry’s mineral network and the harbour: rails moved rock before they carried holidaymakers.
There Was a Railway Running Out of Newquay Harbour
A load of ore could reach Newquay and still have a cliff to get down. Follow the horses, miners and winding machinery that completed the journey.
The Newquay Hotel With a Lift Through the Cliff
Before Bertie’s and THE NICI, the Victoria offered guests a rather elaborate shortcut to the beach. Its lift connects several very different lives of the same Newquay building.
The Hotel the Railway Built
A young Cornish architect, a newly reachable sea view, and a resort with more going on than its brochures could comfortably explain.
The Pub That Was Here Before Newquay Became Newquay
The Central Inn sits in the older town beneath Newquay’s resort story. Its history is useful precisely where the record refuses to be tidy.