Torpoint

Torpoint (Cornish: Penntorr) is a town in the far South East of Cornwall, United Kingdom, separated from the City of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar. It is on the Rame Peninsula and has a population of 8,457 (2001 Census).

Torpoint's link to Plymouth (and Devonport) is facilitated by three passenger and vehicle ferries. The current ferries are propelled across the river by pulling themselves on chains. These chains sink to the bottom to allow shipping movements in the river. The ferry journey takes approximately 7 minutes.

Torpoint is an eighteenth century planned town. The grid-based design for the town was commissioned by Reginald Pole Carew in the Parish of Antony in 1774. His family continued to have a strong influence in the area, having become the Carew Poles, and still reside at their family seat, Antony House.

Due to the presence of Devonport Dockyard, the town grew as Dockyard workers settled there. The establishment of the Royal Navy's main training facility, HMS Raleigh, on the west side of Torpoint, boosted the number of inhabitants.

Accommodation

B & Bs

The Halfway House Inn (4 km)

The Sunray (3 km)

Wringford Down Hotel (4 km)

Coombe House B&B (4 km)

Cambridge House (0 km)

Buttervilla Farm (9 km)

Westcroft House Bed and Breakfast (4 km)

Lantallack Farm (10 km)

Bulland House (3 km)

Caravans and Camping

Whitsand Bay Holiday Park, Torpoint (4 km)

Cottages

Rame View, SE Cornwall (8 km)

The Old Luggage Van, SE Cornwall (8 km)

Golf holidays

Whitsand Bay (2 km)

St Mellion International (10 km)

China Fleet (10 km)

Holiday Parks

Cornish Bungalow 2, Saltash (8 km)

Cornish Bungalow 3, Saltash (8 km)

Tamar Lodge VIP, Torpoint (5 km)

Tamar Lodge, Torpoint (5 km)

Cornish Bungalow 1, Saltash (8 km)

Local hotels

Rame Barton (4 km)

St Mellion Hotel, Golf & Country Club (10 km)

China Fleet Country Club (6 km)

Whitsand Bay Hotel (8 km)

The Cawsand Bay Hotel (5 km)

Local attractions

Beaches

Finnygook Beach, Portwrinkle (8 km)

Tregantle or Long Sands Beach (6 km)

Freathy (5 km)

Tregonhawke (5 km)

Cawsand (5 km)

Kingsand (4 km)

Pubs

Edgcumbe Arms (4 km)

Copley Arms (2 km)

Who'd Have Thought It Inn (10 km)

Eliot Arms (10 km)

Carbeile Inn (2 km)

Cross Keys Inn (5 km)

Rising Sun (4 km)

The Notter Bridge Inn (8 km)

The Rodney (5 km)

Local walks

Portwrinkle to Whitsand Battery (6 km)

Whitsand Battery to Rame Head (5 km)

Rame Head to Kingsand (6 km)

Kingsand to Cremyll (4 km)

Cafes

Ashtorre Rock Tea Room (4 km)

The Old Boat Store Cafe (4 km)

Gardens

Antony House (2 km)

Cotehele House & Gardens (10 km)

Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park (4 km)

Museums

Elliott's Grocery Store (4 km)

Mary Newman's Cottage (4 km)

Pubs

The Eliot Arms (9 km)

Restaurants

The View Restaurant (5 km)