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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: “An Porth”, “Par, Cornwall”, and “Porth”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Par Railway Station and Church of the Good Shepherd.

Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the villages of Par, and , , England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains down the line from , measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

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

Bunker
Photo: Flappy Pigeon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 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.

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. The village is notable for its use as a filming location for the TV show Poldark.

Town
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or St Blaise is a town and civil parish in , England, United Kingdom. The parish has a short section of coastline onto and includes western parts of Par within its boundaries, including Par Harbour.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hilltop village on the south coast of , England, United Kingdom, about 3 miles north west of . It is located in a sheltered spot overlooking a silted-up estuary opposite Par and near the beach of Par Sands.

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
United Nations Location Code
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: “An Porth”
  • French: “Par”
  • Georgian: “პარი”
  • German: “Par”
  • Irish: “An Porth”
  • Irish: “Par”
  • Italian: “Par”
  • Japanese: “パー”
  • Ladin: “Par”
  • Persian: “پار، کورن‌وال”
  • Polish: “Par”
  • Romanian: “Par, Cornwall”
  • Russian: “Пар”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Porth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Par”
  • Swedish: “Par”
  • Welsh: “Porth”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Par”. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.