Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil church as well as community on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. 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, decreasing to 8,364 at the 2011 census. 2 selecting wards additionally exist (Torpoint East and also West). Their mixed populations at the same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (regional folk band Pentorr have taken their name from this). Torpoint is linked to Plymouth (and also Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the solution are chain ferries-- that is, they are propelled across the river by drawing themselves on repaired chains which exist across the bed of the river. The journey takes about 7 minutes.