Par Railway Station
Par railway station serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains down the line from London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Gorsav Porth”, “PAR”, and “Par railway station”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Good Shepherd and The Par Inn.
Church of the Good Shepherd
Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Good Shepherd is situated 1,800 feet south of Par Railway Station.
The Par Inn
Pub
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Par Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,200 feet south of Par Railway Station.
Par Coastal Gun Battery
Bunker
Photo: Flappy Pigeon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Par Coastal Gun Battery was a coastal gun battery constructed in the summer of 1940 when Britain was facing the threat of invasion from Nazi Germany. It is on the former site of the Par Consols Mine, overlooking Par Docks. Par Coastal Gun Battery is situated 1 mile south of Par Railway Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Par and Tywardreath.
Par
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Par is in South Cornwall. A village and fishing port at the edge of Par Sands between St Austell and Fowey and half a mile from Twywardreath village and nearby to the hamlet of Polmear, at the bottom of Polmear Hill.
Tywardreath
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tywardreath is a small hilltop village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about 3 miles north west of Fowey. It is located in a sheltered spot overlooking a silted-up estuary opposite Par and near the beach of Par Sands.
St Blazey
Town
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Blazey or St Blaise is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a short section of coastline onto St Austell Bay and includes western parts of Par within its boundaries, including Par Harbour.
Par Railway Station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35572° or 50° 21′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.70461° or 4° 42′ 17″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Operator
Great Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“PAR”IATA airport code
PCWOpen location code
9C2Q974W+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 6605728690OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Cornish to Welsh—“Par Railway Station” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Gorsav hyns horn Porth”
- Cornish: “Gorsav Porth”
- Dutch: “station Par”
- Dutch: “Station Par”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة پار”
- French: “gare de Par”
- French: “Gare de Par”
- French: “Par”
- Polish: “Par”
- Urdu: “پار ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsav Porth”
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