Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England, UK. The community has remained in presence because well before the Norman intrusion, with the local church initially developed time in the 7th century; the estuary of the River Fowey creates a natural harbour which allowed the town to come to be a crucial trading centre. Privateers also made use of the sheltered harbourage. The Lostwithiel as well as Fowey Railway brought China clay here for export. Fowey is a village, civil church and also freight port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England. It goes to the entrance to a big flooded valley produced after the last ice age by the melt waters that created the sea level to climb drastically, creating a large all-natural harbour which is accessible for its last 7 miles. Fowey remains in the South Shore (Eastern Area) of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies at the end of the Saints' Way and has ferries throughout the river to Polruan (foot) as well as Bodinnick (vehicle). There are lots of historic structures in the community, consisting of the ruins of St Catherine's Castle, while Readymoney Cove has a regional coastline. At the time of the 2001 census, Fowey had a population of 2,273. This had increased slightly at the 2011 census to 2,395 The Fowey electoral ward had a population of 4,690 in 2011.