Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil parish as well as community on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. 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, lowering to 8,364 at the 2011 census. 2 selecting wards additionally exist (Torpoint East and West). Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (neighborhood people band Pentorr have taken their name from this). Torpoint is connected to Plymouth (as well as Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The 3 vessels that run the service are chain ferryboats-- that is, they are thrust throughout the river by drawing themselves on fixed chains which exist throughout the bed of the river. The trip takes about seven mins.