Mawgan Porth to Newquay

Wonderful surfing beaches, a bridge to an Iron Age fort, a harbour for fishing boats and a lookout hut for the pilchard fishers, an old-fashioned ferry at the Gannel estuary.

The route, day 43

 .7 miles/10.8 km on the Southwest Coast Path, 427 metres ascent 

Mawgan Porth to Newquay

Mawgan Porth


Beacon Cove

Beacon Cove


Watergate Bay

Watergate Bay

Watergate Bay looking back

Whipsiderry - a Crumbling Coast

The Bridge to Porth Island

Newquay - an Abundance of Beaches

Below: Tolcarne Beach

Below: Tolcarne Beach (to the left of the big rock), Great Western Beach (right)

Below: Fistral Beach

Below: evening, Tolcarne Beach

Surfers at Newquay

The Huer's Hut

Newquay Harbour

The Fern Pit Café and Ferry

Watergate Bay. John Sykes was here, 9 September 2024