Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil parish as well as town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth throughout the Hamoaze which is the tidal tidewater of the River Tamar. Torpoint had a population of 8,457 at the 2001 census, reducing to 8,364 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards additionally exist (Torpoint East as well as West). Their combined populations at the very same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (neighborhood individual band Pentorr have taken their name from this). Torpoint is connected to Plymouth (and Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries-- that is, they are moved across the river by pulling themselves on dealt with chains which lie across the bed of the river. The journey takes around seven minutes.
