Torpoint is a civil church as well as community on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is positioned opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal tidewater of the River Tamar. Torpoint had a population of 8,457 at the 2001 census, lowering to 8,364 at the 2011 census. 2 electoral wards additionally exist (Torpoint East and West). Their combined populations at the very same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (neighborhood folk band Pentorr have actually taken their name from this). Torpoint is connected to Plymouth (and also Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that run the service are chain ferries-- that is, they are thrust across the river by drawing themselves on fixed chains which lie across the bed of the river. The trip takes around 7 minutes.