Newquay

8°CClear

• Today: 10° / 8° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:51

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

• 5.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

171 reported · August 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences74
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson17
• Drugs15

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newquay Town · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

920 reported road collisions (2025)

188 killed or seriously injured · 1,194 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

307 food businesses within 2 miles

• 277 rated 4–5 ★ (247 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newquay (0.2 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£274,570 average▼ 2.9% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,000 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £688
• 2 bed £880
• 3 bed £1,077

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

7,757 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Albany Road Car Park Newquay (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

570,308 residents in Cornwall · 161/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK26,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,229
• Net moves+6,049

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 86 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,591 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 287,200)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

298 schools · 73,277 pupils

234 primary · 31 secondary · 33 other

Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

278 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall

559 CQC-registered services

• Care homes199
• GP practices76
• Dentists108
• Homecare agencies120
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cornwall

• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,159 applications decided

94.7% granted · 1,098 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Noah Law

Labour

St Austell and Newquay

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 26
• Grn 3
• Ref 20
• Oth 27

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens28
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

267 jobs advertised · £35,543 avg

e.g. Food & Beverage Supervisor, Site Manager, Mobile Cleaning Operative

Source: Adzuna

£679 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,630 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 316,885 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60 women · 60.2 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in TR7

• Narrowcliff Surgery
• Newquay Health Centre
• Day Lewis Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Austell and Newquay:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases427 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death319 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND298 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks285 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately192 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Newquay railway station · 0.1 km

  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…

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  Great Western Hotel, Newquay · 0.2 km

  The Great Western Hotel is the oldest purpose-built hotel in Newquay, Cornwall. The hotel was originally designed by the Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail and first opened in April 1879. The hotel is built in a promi…

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  THE NICI, Newquay · 0.4 km

  The NICI, formally known as the Hotel Victoria is in Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom and is near the cliffs above the Great Western Beach. The Hotel first opened in June 1899.

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  Newquay · 0.4 km

  Newquay is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on the Nort…

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  Wave House Church · 0.6 km

  Wave House Church is an evangelical Christian church in Newquay, Cornwall, UK. It forms part of the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance. The building was formerly the Wesleyan Methodist Church, a historic building in the…

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  Penhallow Hotel fire · 0.6 km

  The Penhallow Hotel fire was a suspected arson attack that occurred in Newquay, Cornwall on 18 August 2007. Three people were killed and it was reported as the worst hotel fire in the United Kingdom in nearly 40 years…

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