Perranporth
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![Perranporth Boating Lake](/Images/godic/202502/02/Perranporth_Boating_Lake3959.JPG")
![Perranporth Village Centre, with the beach in the background](/Images/godic/202502/02/Perranporth_Village_Centre_From_Boscawen_Road3959.JPG")
Perranporth (Cornish:Porthperan) is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is popular with surfers and tourists because of its spectacular beach, and Atlantic swell. It is 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Newquay and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Truro. Perranporth and its 3 miles (5 km) long beach face the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 3,066, and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It has an electoral ward in its own name the population of which at the 2011 census was 4,270.