Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil church and also town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated 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, reducing to 8,364 at the 2011 census. 2 electoral wards also exist (Torpoint East and also West). Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717. In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (neighborhood people band Pentorr have taken their name from this). Torpoint is connected to Plymouth (as well as Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The 3 vessels that operate the solution are chain ferryboats-- that is, they are moved across the river by drawing themselves on dealt with chains which exist throughout the bed of the river. The trip takes around seven mins.