It has been a forgettable week of surf in the Westcountry but, as we go into the weekend, it is feeling a bit like spring. Half-term has meant there have been plenty of surfers driving their families around to beaches, hoping that they might accidently stumble across some glassy waves. But, since last Saturday, when the last of the swell gave us a clean two-foot wave to play in on the north coast, the conditions [...]

October sees the two-day stand up paddle surfing tournament in which British champions will be crowned. The British Stand-Up Paddlesurf Association (BSUPA) competition will take place on 13 and 14 October where spectators can witness the paddle surfers compete in a five mile long-distance race and a performance surfing round, where they will have the chance to show off the skills for the judges and waiting crowd. http://www.bsupa.org.uk

Relentless Boardmasters will be giving two Live and Unsigned acts main stage slots at their 2012 festival. Relentless Boardmasters is Europe’s only surf, skate and music festival, in Newquay, Cornwall and it returns on the 8th-12th August 2012. Situated across two legendary locations along the beautiful Cornish coastline, the Relentless Energy Drink in association with Vans will once again return to deliver to the ultimate in the lifestyle we all love. Boardmasters Festival has seen [...]

Passengers from Cornwall will be able to fly direct from Newquay to two additional UK destinations this summer. Newquay airport is launching weekly flights to Newcastle and Belfast from May. The Exeter-based airline, Flybe, said the routes would operate on Saturdays from 5 May. In December the Cornish airport announced weekly flights from Newquay to Norwich would also be starting in May. Newquay airport said the flights would be a boost for Cornish tourism despite [...]

Check out the fireworks video form the new year celebrations in Newquay. Happy New Year everyone! http://newquaytv.org/archives/1839

Newquay Christmas Events Guide 2011 – (including 12 days of Christmas Events) is available for you to download from Newquay BID http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/images/localpeople/ugc-images/275776/binaries/Nqyxmas.pdf    

The iconic Olympic flame will pass through 154 cities, towns and villages across the South West on its epic journey to light the London 2012 Olympic Games, it was revealed today. Organisers of the mammoth sporting spectacle have unveiled the route torchbearers taking part in the Olympic Torch Relay will follow beginning at Land’s End on May 19 next year. Thousands of people are expected to turn out to watch the historic event as the [...]

Once again Newquay’s best organised bonfire nights is to be held at Porth Beaches Mermaid Inn. The fire and fireworks will be lit from around 7pm Entry is free but staff will be going round with a collection bucket.

An artist and his team are returning to the UK with part of an Arctic island for a £500,000 Olympics art project. Alex Hartley and 18 volunteers excavated about six tonnes of material from an island exposed by a glacier on the Svalbard peninsula in Norway. The material, which was loaded on a schooner sailing vessel, will be sculpted into a piece of art called Nowhere Island. It will be floated along the South West [...]

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 August, 2011 : – – Taking place 22 and 23 September, the British Surf Film Festival, to be held at the new Lighthouse Cinema in Newquay and sponsored by Offsure Surf, aims to celebrate the very essence of surf culture, with a selection of old and new surf feature films and documentaries and a launch of the hottest new home-grown talent. The premier showcase for surf film and lifestyle in [...]

More than 1,000 new jobs could be on the way for Cornwall, the government has said. Newquay Airport has been named by the government as an enterprise zone for new businesses. Ministers said companies that choose to develop at Newquay airport will be able to share tax breaks worth nearly £2.5m. Planning regulations will be eased so firms will not face lengthy delays starting up. The government hopes the new Newquay Aerohub Zone will encourage [...]

The Guardian and Tuaca, the vanilla citrus liqueur, is offering two readers a pair of weekend camping tickets for the Relentless Boardmasters festival in Newquay. The UK’s biggest surf, skate and music festival takes place from 10-14 August. Lucky winners will also be invited to come and enjoy a Tuaca cocktail to the sounds of the top DJs at Relentless Boardmasters’ new Tuaca Point stage. Tuaca can be enjoyed as a chilled shot or with [...]

Relentless Energy Drink is excited to announce that DJ Yoda, Gentleman’s Dub Club, The Skints, Art Brut, Urban Knights, Spokes, The Violet May, Backbeat Soundsystem and I Am Harlequin will be ripping up the Relentless Energy Drink Stage at Relentless Energy Boardmasters 2011 near Newquay Cornwall on 10th – 14th August 2011. With the latest announcement of the Relentless Energy Drink Stage line-up, festival goers can look forward to DJ Yoda’s eclectic set – a [...]

The Cornwall Film Festival will celebrate its 10th birthday this year with a move to a new town, a new coast and a new venue – Newquay The venue for this annual event is the brand-new WTW Lighthouse Cinema, which opened recently and will be the festival’s base over the weekend of 4th – 6th November, 2011. Although the new, four-screen, state-of-the-art, purpose-built, all-digital projection cinema is the perfect place to hold the festival, Newquay [...]

Good news if you’re heading to the seaside this summer – Britain’s beaches are getting better. Bathing water quality at UK beaches has reached one of its highest levels in the last 25 years, the publishers of the Good Beach Guide say. The Marine Conservation Society looked at how clean the water is at seasides in the UK and gave their top award to 461 beaches – 42 more than last year. The number of [...]

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Newquay’s Lighthouse Cinema, which opens its doors for the first time on Friday May 6th, has been a year in the making. Boasting four digital projection screens, two of which are 3D, 600 seats and employing 24 local staff, WTW Cinemas have had their eye on the town for quite some time. Newquay has been without a cinema for just over 15 years as Camelot, closed its doors for the last time back in 1995. [...]

Emerging UK talent to compete for the coveted British title The Billabong British Junior Surfing Championships will descend on Newquay on the 11th and 12th June. This year’s event is being supported by long-time sponsor Billabong, Mojo Futuretech, Ann’s Cottage, Fistral Blu and Calypso. Come down and enjoy the competition, grab yourself some Billabong giveaways tht are being fired out from the catapult or just chill at the beach bar while enjoying some Billabong films. [...]

If you are looking for a destination where you will have lots to see and do then you should head to the Cornish resort of Newquay. Located on the Atlantic coast of the UK’s most southerly county, Newquay is a veritable haven for those who love to get out and about and appreciate all that the region has to offer. So, if you are planning ABreakAway to Newquay, what can you expect to find? One [...]

If you are looking for a great destination where you can do plenty of walking during your break, Newquay could be the perfect place. North Cornwall in particular offers a number of excellent opportunities for you to enjoy a walk, with no shortage of wild cliffs and rugged shores that are perfect for exploring. From your base you’ll be perfectly-positioned to enjoy the great range of walking paths and trails that make this coastal region [...]

TripAdvisor is a travel website and has recently announced which UK beaches it considers to be the best. Its best beach was St Ives, in Cornwall followed by Newquay. It even puts Newquay as the eleventh best beach in Europe. Newquay is especially popular with surfers but it also has interesting attractions such as the zoo and fun park and with a harbour and interesting shops it is a great place to stay. It is [...]