Perranporth is a seaside hotel community on the north coastline of Cornwall, England, UK. It is 1 mile east of the St Agnes Heritage Coastline, and also around 8 miles south-west of Newquay. Perranporth as well as its 3 miles (5 km) lengthy coastline deal with the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 3,066, as well as is the biggest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It has an electoral ward in its own name, whose population was 4,270 in the 2011 census. The community's modern-day name originates from Porth Peran, the Cornish for the cove of Saint Piran, the tutelary saint of Cornwall. He established St Piran's Oratory on Penhale Sands near Perranporth in the 7th century. Hidden under sand for numerous centuries, it was unearthed in the 19th century.