Par

Par is in South Cornwall. A village and fishing port at the edge of Par Sands between and and half a mile from Twywardreath village and nearby to the hamlet of Polmear, at the bottom of Polmear Hill.
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  • Type: Village with 1,600 residents
  • Description: small fishing port in Cornwall, UK
  • Also known as: “Par, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Par Railway Station and Par Coastal Gun Battery.

Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the villages of Par, and , , England.

Historic site
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The was a coastal gun battery…

Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlestown and St Blazey.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a coastal village directly south-east of in South Cornwall.

Town
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or St Blaise is a town and civil parish in , England, United Kingdom.

Village
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is a small hilltop village on the south…

Par

Latitude
50.3494° or 50° 20′ 58″ north
Longitude
-4.7051° or 4° 42′ 18″ west
Population
1,600
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
IATA airport code
PCW
UN/LOCODE
GB PAR
Open location code
9C2Q87XV+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3924348878
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640623
Wiki­data ID
Q2610915
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Par” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Par”
  • Basque: “Par (Kornualles)”
  • Basque: “Par”
  • Cebuano: “Par”
  • Cornish: “Porth”
  • Dutch: “Par”
  • French: “Par”
  • Georgian: “პარი”
  • German: “Par”
  • Irish: “An Porth”
  • Italian: “Par”
  • Japanese: “パー”
  • Ladin: “Par”
  • Persian: “پار، کورن‌وال”
  • Persian: “پار”
  • Polish: “Par”
  • Romanian: “Par, Cornwall”
  • Russian: “Пар”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Porth”
  • Swedish: “Par”
  • Welsh: “Porth”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Spit Point and Polmear.

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