Nansledan is a major new suburb of

Newquay Newquay ( ; ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on t ...

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, England. Nansledan has been developed by the estate of the

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since 2013, with residents first occupying their homes in 2015. The development, officially described as 'an extension of Newquay', had the endorsement of King

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during his time as

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. Nansledan is expected to have up to 4,400 homes once completed.

History

The project was started in 2013 and initially attracted the nickname ''Surfbury'', a mix of Poundbury, created by the Duchy of Cornwall in the 1990s, and the fact that Newquay is regarded as the British 'capital' of surfing. The development was named Nansledan, inspired by the area in which it is built. Nansledan means ''Broad Valley'' in Cornish, a theme which continues in the street names and the school (''Skol Nansledan'' – which means ''School Nansledan''.) Nansledan will have a ''Market Street'' with shops, while Nansledan school opened in September 2019. It will cater for 420 pupils, and had 152 when it opened. Building materials have come mainly from three Cornish quarries: *

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from Trelivett Quarry near

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Granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

, used in kerbs, paving, lintels and window sills from De Lank Quarry at

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* Roofing slate from Delabole Quarry The first residents moved into Nansledan in 2015. In February 2024, Prince William, Duke of Cornwall, in partnership with Cornish charity St Petrocs, announced plans for building 24 homes on

land in Nansledan to provide temporary accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in the area. The homes' development was set to begin in September 2024, with the first homes being completed by autumn 2025.

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External links

Duchy of Cornwall Nansledan websiteSchool website
2013 establishments in England Charles III Duchy of Cornwall New Classical architecture in the United Kingdom New Urbanism communities Newquay