Static Image Name: | Par Beach - geograph.org.uk - 558792.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240 |
Static Image Caption: | Par Sands |
Country: | England |
Map Type: | Cornwall |
Coordinates: | 50.357°N -4.694°W |
Official Name: | Tywardreath and Par |
Population: | 3,283 |
Civil Parish: | Tywardreath and Par [1] |
Unitary England: | Cornwall |
Lieutenancy England: | Cornwall |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | South East Cornwall |
Post Town: | PAR |
Postcode District: | PL24 |
Postcode Area: | PL |
Dial Code: | 01726 |
Os Grid Reference: | SX0854 |
Tywardreath and Par is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The 2001 UK census recorded that 3,161 people resided in the parish.[2] This increased to 3,192 at the 2011 census.[3]
The parish takes its name from its principal villages, Tywardreath and the china clay port of Par.
The A390, a primary route, crosses the Northern boundary of the parish at a point 200 m North of Higher Caruggatt.[4] The Cornish Main Line Railway enters the Parish, from the East, at a point 50m N.E. of Little Treverran, it exits the Parish as it crosses the Par River, approximately 750m South of Par Station.[5]