Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil parish as well as community on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is positioned opposite the city of Plymouth throughout the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary 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 likewise exist (Torpoint East and also West). Their combined populations at the exact same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (regional folk band Pentorr have actually taken their name from this). Torpoint is connected to Plymouth (as well as Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that run the service are chain ferries-- that is, they are driven across the river by drawing themselves on taken care of chains which lie throughout the bed of the river. The journey takes around seven mins.
