Newquay - Towan Beach & Island 1970s Dennis

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Towan Beach & Island, Newquay, Cornwall
• Publisher:  Dennis Productions (N.0449)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  10p orange brown (2 bands) Machin
• Postmark(s):  Newquay 9 Oct 1979 Remember to Us the Postcode
• Sent to:  Anne of Cleeves Road, Dartford, Kent
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Newquay (Cornish: Tewynn Pleustri/Towan Blystra) is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port on the north Atlantic coast of Cornwall, Great Britain. It is bounded to the west by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and in the east by the Porth Valley. The town has been expanding inland (south) since it was founded. In 2001 the census recorded a permanent population of 19,423.

The resort styles itself "The Surfing Capital of Britain". Newquay is firmly established as the centre of the surf industry in Britain with many surf stores, board manufacturers and hire shops in the town.

At the centre of Newquay's surfing status is Fistral Beach which has a reputation as one of the best beach breaks in Cornwall. Fistral is capable of producing powerful, hollow waves and holding a good sized swell. It even has the bonus of being sheltered enough and sufficiently north-facing in places that it can get away with a south westerly wind. Fistral Beach has been host to international surfing competitions for around 20 years now, most recently the Rip Curl Boardmasters.^[5].

Newquay is also home to the legendary big wave sport, The Cribbar. Breaking at up to 20ft, the Cribbar was until recently rarely surfed as it requires no wind and huge swell to break. It was first surfed in 1967 by Jack Lydgate, Bob Head and Rod Sumpter. The recent explosion in interest in surfing large waves has seen it surfed more frequently, most notably by South African born Chris Bertish who during a succession of huge clean swells in 2004 surfed the biggest wave ever seen there.^[6].

Towan, Great Western and Tolcarne beaches nearer the town and nearby Crantock and Watergate Bay also provide high quality breaks. Towan Beach is also the location for the proposed Newquay Surfing Reef, a controversial project which has caused a fierce local debat