Par
Par is a village as well as fishing port with a harbour on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated in the civil parish of Tywardreath and also Par, although West Par and the anchors depend on the church of St Blaise. Par is approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) eastern of St Austell. Par has a population of around 1,600 (in 2012). It came to be created in the second quarter of the nineteenth century when the harbour was developed, to offer copper mines and also various other mineral sites in and also bordering the Luxulyan Valley; china clay later came to be the leading traffic as copper working decreased, and also the harbour as well as the china clay dries out remain as distinctive features of the industrial heritage; nonetheless the mineral activity is much decreased. Par Harbour as well as the coastline at Par Sands are south of the village, and the latter includes a large fixed campers holiday park; one more little coastline is at Spit Point west of the harbour. In between these two coastlines the South West Coast Path takes an inland diversion through the village. Par hinges on a triangle of roads which develop a one-way web traffic system. There is a selection of shops, a post office, a public house and also other businesses.