Pricing & demandNewquay Zoo
Newquay Zoo’s prices from 1 January 2026 are £17.00 for an adult online and £19.50 at the till, £12.50 online and £14.75 at the till for ages 3 to 15, and £2.75 and £3.25 for ages 1 and 2, with under-1s free. The till price is 14.7% higher for adults and 18.0% for children by our arithmetic. A Cornwall residents’ weekend on 21 and 22 June 2025 charged £7.50 for adults and £5.00 for children with proof of address. Concession, family and annual pass prices aren’t on the page.
Why might a zoo charge more at the till than online, and offer local residents a much lower price on set days? Practise this in AO2 Application.
Interpreting numbersNewquay Town Council
The Voice reported on 22 January 2026 that Newquay Town Council set a 2026/27 precept of £3,387,796 within an expenditure budget of £3,948,460, which makes the precept about 85.8% of spending by our arithmetic. Band D rises from £300.98 to £349.10, or 16% by our arithmetic, although the article says the rise is £48.36 and the two totals give £48.12. The council cited staff costs, energy, a fall in second-home premium income, with second homes down 14%, and taking over services from the county level.
The article’s Band D rise differs from the two totals by 24p. How would you check which figure is right, and does it change the story? Step by step in AO3 Analysis.
Strategy & stakeholdersHotel Victoria
Hotel Victoria in Newquay closed in November 2024 after being sold, and 60 staff were made redundant. The Voice reported on 23 June 2025 a proposal to invest over £20m in about 85 rooms and up to 77 apartments, with over 100 jobs on reopening, which would demolish four neighbouring venues. The town’s mayor questioned the type of housing, and residents objected on overdevelopment and traffic. Wikipedia says the hotel would be renamed The NICI and reopen on 15 June 2026, which we haven’t verified. The figures are developer claims.
Should apartments be built to help fund a hotel, if it means demolishing local venues, and who gains or loses? A real judgement for AO4 Evaluation.
Newquay’s economy in the classroom
Wikipedia gives Newquay’s civil parish 23,626 residents at the 2021 census and its built-up area 24,545. A zoo, a town council and a seafront hotel give students real contexts for pricing, numbers and strategy. We tie these themes to topics on the specification.
Sources: Wikipedia, Newquay, Treviglas Academy and Hotel Victoria, Newquay; Newquay Zoo, admission prices; Cornish Times, 2025; The Voice, 22 January 2026 and 23 June 2025; Cornwall Reports, 19 November 2024; Treviglas Academy. The 14.7%, 18.0%, 85.8% and 16% figures are our arithmetic, the council article’s Band D rise differs from its totals, and the hotel figures are developer claims.