Editing Perranporth (section)

==History==
John Woodward (1688-1728) recorded that iron ore was mined from a large vein on the beach. In the 1860s ore was moved up the cliff by a 'puffer' engine. It was then transported from Gravel Hill Mine, at the north end of Perran Beach, to a quay on the [[River Gannel|Gannel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=Archaeology Data Service |url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/record?titleId=1093758 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624191009/https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/record.xhtml |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=archaeologydataservice.ac.uk}}</ref>

The ship ''Voorspoed'' ran ashore in a northerly gale in Perran Bay on 7 March 1901 whilst travelling from [[Cardiff]] to [[Bahia]]. The wreck was one of the last to be looted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10397734/Shipwreck-photograph-collection-for-sale.html?frame=2711289|title=Shipwreck photograph collection|date=23 October 2013|access-date=25 April 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028022055/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10397734/Shipwreck-photograph-collection-for-sale.html?frame=2711289|archive-date=28 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

From 1903 Perranporth was served by a railway line. Built as the [[Truro and Newquay Railway]], the line ran from [[Chacewater]] to [[Newquay]] and the principal intermediate stop was Perranporth station.<ref>Reade, Lewis (1983) ''Branch Line Memories''; Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Publishers {{ISBN|0-906899-06-0}}</ref> Perranporth also had a second station, known as Perranporth Beach Halt. The line closed in the 1960's

[[Perranporth Airfield]], built during [[World War II]] as an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] fighter station, is now a civil airfield. It is located at Cligga Head, on the [[plateau]] above the cliffs.<ref name=OS2 />