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Fistral Beach Newquay is famous for it's surf. Newquay has been a major tourist destination for more than a century, principally on account of its coastline and nine long and accessible sandy beaches. These include Fistral, which could claim to the best-known surfing beach in the British Isles. Around 22,000 people live in Newquay, but the population can increase to 100,000 or more in the summer because
Newquay has even been referred to as the "Blackpool of the West Country", but although it is undoubtedly an entertainment town some substantial differences remain between Lancashire and Cornwall.