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