Lostwithiel is a civil church and town in Cornwall, England, UK at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, boosting 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 implies "tail of a wooded location". The town is positioned in the Fowey river valley, positioned in between the A390 road from Tavistock to Truro and the upper 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 community, simply throughout the middle ages bridge. The line was initially constructed for the Cornwall Railway which built its main workshops below, however the enduring workshop structures were transformed right into apartments in 2004. A branch line takes china clay trains to Fowey. The community contains the suburbs of Bridgend to the eastern and Rosehill and also Victoria to the west of the River Fowey.