Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel is a civil church and also small town in Cornwall, England, UK ahead of the tidewater of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, enhancing to 2,899 at the 2011 census. The Lostwithiel electoral ward had a population of 4,639 at the 2011 census. The name Lostwithiel originates from the Cornish "lostwydhyel" which suggests "tail of a wooded area". The community is situated in the Fowey river valley, placed in between the A390 road from Tavistock to Truro as well as the top tidal reaches of the river. Lostwithiel train station gets on the Cornish Main Line from Plymouth to Penzance. It is situated on the south side of the town, just across the medieval bridge. The line was originally constructed for the Cornwall Railway which built its major workshops right here, but the surviving workshop buildings were changed into houses in 2004. A branch line takes china clay trains to Fowey. The community includes the residential areas of Bridgend to the eastern and Rosehill as well as Victoria to the west of the River Fowey.
