Part of the Ceredigion Marine Heritage Coast
Home of the West Wales Bottlenose Dolphins
Cloudy with occasional sunny intervals, chance of light showers later, staying cold in the strong westerly. Max temp 6c
High tide: 0752: 2014: Height: 5.1m: 5.0m
Bosun's Locker looking impressive as ever to give that festive feeling..
where are we this week..click on image for the 'NEW LOOK' 800x600 view. New image Sunday's from around 12.00 mid-day on the quiz page
Situated on the Cambrian Coast of West Wales, New Quay started with just a few cottages in the late 1790s. It wasn't until the early to mid 1800s that boat building started around what is today's harbour and the village started to grow. Another main feature in those early days was the small fleet of fishing boats catching Herring, Sprats, Mackerel, Crab and Lobster. All that remains today of our fishing fleet are six small fishing boats.
In the early part of the 20th century a proposal was put forward to build a light railway to New Quay from the Lampeter to Aberaeron branch line coming off the branch between Ciliau Aeron and Aberaeron, this never went beyond the proposal stage.
However New Quay did have a small tramway (1860) which ran from New Quay Head (Rock Street) to New Quay pier helping to bring stone down from the quarry to build the pier. The remains of this quarry railway is now buried deep under the road outside the tourist information centre.
New Quay's main industry now is its tourism, having good accommodation facilities with Hotels, Guest Houses, Self-catering, Touring Caravan Parks and B&Bs. With scenic views out across Cardigan Bay towards Snowdonia and the coastal footpaths along the Ceredigion Marine Heritage Coast which is noted for its abundance of marine wildlife, not forgetting our family of Bottlenose Dolphins that visit us throughout the year.
