Accommodation in Newquay

Accommodation in Newquay
A list of accommodation in Newquay consisting of guest houses, hotels and self catering including caravan parks and camp sites. These can be found throughout the centre of Newquay and the surrounding area.
Newquay is certainly the most popular resort in Cornwall and recognised as being the surfing capital for the British Isles.
The accommodation in Newquay has to be such that it caters for all requirements.
The younger generation, which in this present day tends to be attracted to Newquay, generally prefer self catering, the most economical being caravan and camp sites.
The caravan and camping parks in Newquay are widely spread throughout the area, but most are either alongside a beach or within a short walk.
Other self catering includes flats and apartments.
The self catering flats and apartments in Newquay tend to be in the central area making them very popular and difficult to find in high season.
The centre of Newquay is quite small and just a stones throw away from Towan Beach, a regular and controversial haunt with revellers in the small hours after the clubs close.
The catered accommodation comprises of guest houses and hotels.
The accommodation in Newquay is both varied and numerous. The guest houses are usually 2 – 5 bedrooms and offer just bed and breakfast, these are at very competitive prices, even in high season.
The hotels in Newquay offer accommodation to a high standard, again owing to the competition, prices are often very reasonable.
Even though there are hundreds of types of accommodation in Newquay, during high season it is essential to book.
Many places, especially the most popular self catering is booked, sometimes 12 months in advance.

Bed and breakfast in Padstow

Padstow, with its fleet of trawlers, netters and crabbers and colourful harbour surrounded by pastel-washed medieval houses, is an example of what Cornwall does best - it's a working port which wears a holiday hat.

Watching the everyday ebb and flow of harbour life is a perfect way to spend a day in Padstow. When this gets too hectic, spread your towel on the nearby beach at Harbour Cove and watch the sails of the passing river traffic. Or get a sailor's view of the Camel Estuary on a boat trip, sailboard or ferry ride.

Take time away from the quayside to explore the port's rich heritage - the hidden curiosities of the Town Trail, the maritime displays in Padstow Museum, and the grounds and lavish interiors of Prideaux Place, home of the Prideaux-Brune family for 400 years and film location for Twelfth Night. On balmy summer evenings there are quayside concerts, where the brass band plays as the sun goes down. Once a year on May Day, Padstow dances to a different tune, when the pagan 'Obby 'Oss is unleashed and the narrow streets throb to the ceaseless drumbeat and wild cavortings of this age-old fertility celebration.

Hotels, guest houses and holiday cottages are never more than a seagull's cry from the water's edge. If Padstow had a visitors' book, it would make for interesting reading. You'd find entries from the prehistoric Beaker folk, from Romans, Celtic Saints and even Viking marauders. Later inhabitants include Sir Walter Raleigh, whose Court House stands on Riverside and the internationally acclaimed Chef Rick Stein.

Must see and do

Camel Trail, Padstow
Prideaux Place, Padstow
Padstow Museum, Padstow
The National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow
Camel Valley Vineyard, Washaway
Eden Project, St Austell
Shires Family Adventure Park, Wadebridge
Spirit of the West American Adventure Park, St Columb
Events

April: Easter Egg Rolling (Padstow)
May: Padstow Obby Oss (Padstow)
June: Royal Cornwall Show (Wadebridge)
July: Kernow Players Summer Show (Padstow)
August: Padstow Carnival (Padstow)
August: Lifeboat Day (Padstow)

Accommodation in Padstow

Padstow Harbour - A beautiful North Cornish fishing harbour
Padstow has been hailed as the premier resort in North Cornwall, and when you visit the town it is not difficult to see why. The town enjoys a good selection of shops, cafes and restaurants many of them overlook the picturesque harbour. The harbour has a quay and boat slip with boat rides all through the summer months taking visitors around the harbour and to nearby Rock. Seats placed around the harbour where visitors and locals can sit and watch the world go by. The long seat beside the shelter on the corner of North Quay is called the 'Long Lugger'
a traditional meeting place used by locals for generations.

The town has its own small cinema giving matinee performances on wet days and the museum charts the history of the town and surrounding area which dates back to around 2500BC, there is also some evidence of a Roman settlement in the area.

Band concerts are held in the town on Sundays and on some weekdays in the summer months. Concerts generally begin at 2.30 and 7.30pm.

Padstow is famous for its 'Obby Oss' procession through the town on May day (May 1st), swirling and dancing accompanied by a 'Teaze's' Club, a black leather pad colourfully painted mounted on the end of a wooden rod. There are dancers who perform a traditional girating dance and followers who every year join in the singing of the May song.

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