| Parish to the south-east of
Perranporth. Name means
'St Piran in the sands', to distinguish it from other parishes of St Piran. The saint
originally built an oratory here which had the continual problem of being buried by the
sands. Stones from the oratory were used to re-erect the church in 1804. The three mile
long sandy beach at Perranporth is well known for the surfing competitions which are held
there.
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| Statistics | Population in 1841 - 3161 Population in 1991 - 5219 10878 acres of land 16 acres of water 8 acres of tidal water 296 acres of foreshore
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