Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil parish and also community on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is located 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 also exist (Torpoint East as well as West). Their mixed populations at the exact same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (local folk band Pentorr have actually taken their name from this). Torpoint is connected to Plymouth (and also Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The 3 vessels that operate the solution are chain ferryboats-- that is, they are propelled throughout the river by drawing themselves on fixed chains which exist throughout the bed of the river. The trip takes around 7 minutes.