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St Newlyn East
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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]
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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 |
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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.