| St Newlyn East | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Newquay |
| Postcode district | TR8 |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
St Newlyn East (Cornish: Eglosniwlin) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is approximately three miles (5 km) south of Newquay.[1] The name St Newlyn East is locally abbreviated to Newlyn East and according to an anonymous historian writing in The Cornishman in 1880 it was only in recent years that Saint had been added to the parish name.[2]
The parish is named after the patron saint of the church, St Newlina, and the population was 1,390 in the 2001 census, which had increased to 1,635 at the 2011 census.[3] There is also an electoral ward named Newlyn and Goonhavern which following the 2011 census had a population of 4,933.[4]
The Lappa Valley Steam Railway tourist attraction operates near Newlyn East. At Trerice is the Tudor mansion of the Arundells now in the care of the National Trust. To the northeast is Tresillian House.
The village has a primary school.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ "Newlyn East: Past and Present". The Cornishman. No. 109. 12 August 1880. p. 6.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Ward population for 2011 census". Retrieved 10 February 2015.