Par Sands
Par Sands is a beach in Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England. Par Sands is situated nearby to the historic site WW2 Minefield (site of), as well as near Par Library.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Par Railway Station and Church of the Good Shepherd.
Par Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Par Railway Station is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Par Sands.
Church of the Good Shepherd
Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Good Shepherd is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Par Sands.
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 2,900 feet southwest of Par Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polmear and Par.
Polmear
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polmear is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located on the A3082 road close to Par Sands and the village of Par. Part is in the civil parish of Fowey and part in Tywardreath and Par parish.
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.
Par Sands
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34668° or 50° 20′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.69617° or 4° 41′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C2Q88W3+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 917173855OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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