Nansledan

Nansledan is a new town to the east of Newquay in Cornwall, England. Nansledan has been developed by the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall (the Prince of Wales) since 2013, with residents first occupying their homes in 2015.

Nansledan

Nansledan from the air
Nansledan
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW839614
Civil parish
  • Newquay
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewquay
Postcode districtTR7
Dialling code01637
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
  • St Austell and Newquay

At its completion, the town is expected to have 4,000 homes.

History

The project was started in 2013 and initially attracted the nickname Surfbury,[1] a mix of Poundbury, a previous new town created by the Duchy of Cornwall in the 1990s, and the prevalence for surfing in Newquay.[2] The new town was named Nansledan, after the area in which it is built in. Nansledan means Broad Valley in Cornish, a theme which continues in the street names and the school (Skol Nansledan - literally School Nansledan.)[3]

The new town is intended to have a High Street, many shops and a school - Nansledan Primary School opened in September 2019[note 1] and can cater for 420 pupils, but only had 152 in the month of its opening.[5] The 540-acre (220 ha) estate had 300 homes sited on it in Summer 2020, by 2043, nearly 4,000 homes are planned to be on the site.[6]

Building materials for the site have come mainly from three quarries in the county of Cornwall;[7]

  • slate has come from Trelivett Quarry near Tintagel,
  • granite, which is used in kerbing stones, paving, lintels and window sills from De Lank Quarry at Bodmin
  • roofing slate has come from Delabole Quarry

The first residents moved into Nansledan in 2015.[6]

Notes
  1. The school was officially opened by the Prince of Wales in March 2020, but was opened in September 2019 previous due to the start of a new school year.[4]

References
  1. Smallcombe, Mike (20 October 2019). "Life inside the new town being built by Prince Charles in Cornwall". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. Graham, Hugh (30 June 2019). "Exclusive: Prince Charles, the new Poundbury and his manifesto to solve the housing crisis". The Times. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. Wilkins, Warren (20 February 2019). "´Topping out´ for new school at Nansledan | Newquay Voice". The Newquay Voice. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Court Circular: March 6, 2020". The Times. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. "Nansledan School URN: 14707". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. Graham, Hugh (8 August 2020). "Charles' new model town takes off". The Times (73, 233). p. 13. ISSN 0140-0460.
  7. "Nansledan, an extension to the Cornwall coastal town of Newquay". nansledan.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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