Porth Beach, Newquay

A grey, misty morning at Newquay, but I couldn't resist the early morning as there was no wind whatsoever, so this is filmed entirely with the small, light Mavic Mini 2.

Porth is a sea-side village and cove in the civil parish of Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Formerly a small shipbuilding port, coal was imported from south Wales, whilst the remains of the Iron Age promontory fort of Trevelgue Head, is on the northern side.

Porth (formerly known as St. Columb Porth) was a small port and farm settlement before Newquay existed. The long sheltered bay is a drowned river mouth and in the 19th century the tide reached Rialton almost two miles (3 km) inland. This was the port for St. Columb Minor. All the requirements of the village such as coal, salt, lime and a multitude of general cargoes were unloaded here. Grain and later china clay and stone were taken away from the port. When Newquay became a china clay port, vessels discharged coal into carts on the beach at Porth and continued to Newquay to load china clay. The oldest remaining cottage at Porth was built in the early seventeenth century.

Towards the tip of Trevelgue Head, there is a blowhole, which can clearly be seen in this clip at 0.58, 2.54 & 3.06.