Par is a village as well as angling port with a harbour on the south shore of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is positioned in the civil parish of Tywardreath and Par, although West Par and also the docks depend on the parish of St Blaise. Par is roughly 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) eastern of St Austell. Par has a population of around 1,600 (in 2012). It became created in the 2nd quarter of the nineteenth century when the harbour was created, to serve copper mines as well as other mineral sites in as well as surrounding the Luxulyan Valley; china clay later on came to be the dominant website traffic as copper functioning decreased, as well as the harbour and the china clay dries remain as distinctive features of the commercial heritage; nevertheless the mineral activity is much reduced. The same level Harbour and also the beach at Par Sands are southern of the town, as well as the latter includes a big fixed caravan vacation park; an additional tiny beach is at Spit Point west of the harbour. Between these two coastlines the South West Coast Path takes an inland diversion via the village. Par depends on a triangular of streets which create a one-way web traffic system. There is a selection of shops, a post office, a hostelry and also other businesses.