Torpoint is a small town on the eastern bank of the River Tamar in Cornwall, England, sitting opposite Plymouth and the naval base at Devonport. Its character is shaped by the distinctive chain ferries that shuttle people and vehicles across the water, and by sweeping views over the Hamoaze and out to Plymouth Sound. The town expanded in the 19th century to serve dockyard workers and still retains a strong maritime feel in its waterfront, war memorials and older Victorian terraces.
Today Torpoint combines local shops, schools and community facilities with a commuter relationship to Plymouth; social life often centres on sports clubs, regattas and seasonal events. The surrounding countryside is attractive for walkers, with easy access to the gardens of Antony House and the coastal lanes of the Rame Peninsula and Rame Head, giving a mix of working‑town vitality and nearby coastal tranquillity.
Postcode districts covering Torpoint
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 5 miles8 km
- Saltash 2.5 miles4 km
- Bodmin 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Tavistock 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Ivybridge 12.9 miles20.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Torpoint Built-up area 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Antony Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Millbrook Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Devonport Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- St. John Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Saltash Essa Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- St. Budeaux Ward 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Stoke Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Saltash Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Maker-with-Rame Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Ham Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Saltash Tamar Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
Example postcodes in Torpoint
PL11 3YF, PL11 2ND, PL11 2NY, PL11 2LX, PL11 2DE, PL11 2JF, PL11 2BL, PL11 2HR, PL11 2DL … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 34.7 miles55.9 km
- Exeter International Airport 43 miles69.2 km
- Dockyard Railway Station 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Keyham Railway Station 1.8 miles3 km
Hotels near Torpoint Ad
- The Craft House 4 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Fox on the Hoe 4 3.1 miles5 km
- Rooms by Bistrot Pierre 4 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Moxy Plymouth 4 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Finnygook Inn 3.8 miles6.1 km
- China Fleet Country Club 4 3.3 miles5.4 km
- The Drake Hotel Plymouth 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Mountbatten Hotel 1.9 miles3 km
- Leonardo Hotel Plymouth 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Crowne Plaza Plymouth 4 3.2 miles5.2 km
Schools in Torpoint
- Carbeile Junior School Primary
- Torpoint Community College Secondary
- Torpoint Nursery and Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Antony Estate Estate 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Home Park Stadium 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 3 miles4.9 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Cattewater Estate 4.3 miles7 km
- Hingston Down Hill 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Polperro Harbor Harbour 13.7 miles22 km
- Polperro Harbour Heritage Museum Museum 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Bantham Beach Beach 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Lansallos Beach Beach 16.3 miles26.3 km