The civil parish around Tywardreath and Par sits on the south coast of Cornwall, England, beside the mouth of the River Fowey. Tywardreath is a mellow, historic village - its Cornish name is often said to mean "house on the beach" - with an old church and priory site and a landscape of wooded valleys and farmland, while Par grew up as a busy port for china clay and other minerals, leaving a tangible industrial heritage along the shoreline.
Today the area balances a quiet village atmosphere with tourism and light industry: Par Harbour and Par Sands attract walkers, anglers and surfers, and the railway gives good links to nearby towns such as St Austell. Local life still revolves around community halls, pubs and coastal pursuits, so the place feels both rooted in maritime and rural traditions and responsive to modern commuting and visitor economies.
Postcode districts covering Tywardreath and Par
Most populated places nearby
- Falmouth 22.5 miles
- St. Austell 4.1 miles
- Truro 17.9 miles
- Newquay 16.9 miles
- Saltash 20.8 miles
- Bodmin 7.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tywardreath Highway Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Tywardreath Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Fowey, Tywardreath & Par Ward 1.1 miles
- Par Built-up area 1.4 miles
- St. Blazey Built-up area 1.5 miles
- St. Blaise Parish 1.6 miles
- St. Sampson Parish 1.8 miles
- Tregrehan Mills Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Lanlivery Parish 2.6 miles
- Carlyon Parish 2.8 miles
- Luxulyan Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Fowey Built-up area 3 miles
Example postcodes in Tywardreath and Par
PL24 2PB, PL24 2AT, PL24 2RB, PL24 2LY, PL24 2GF, PL24 2QW, PL24 2PH, PL24 2TZ, PL24 2AL … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 14.3 miles
- Exeter International Airport 61.7 miles
- Par Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Luxulyan Railway Station 3 miles
Hotels near Tywardreath and Par Ad
- The Crown Inn 3 2.5 miles
- Boscundle Manor 2.6 miles
- Fowey Hall Hotel 4 3.1 miles
- Carlyon Bay Hotel 4 2.9 miles
- The Old Quay House Hotel 3.2 miles
- Harbour Hotel Fowey 4 3.2 miles
- Mevagissey Bay Hotel 3 7.9 miles
- Tremarne Hotel 3 8 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bodmin - Victoria Junction 3 6.9 miles
- Best Western Fowey Valley 4 3 miles
Schools in Tywardreath and Par
- Tywardreath School Primary
Local points of interest
- Eden Project Gardens 2.3 miles
- Fowey Harbour Harbour 3.4 miles
- Charlestown Harbour Harbour 3.6 miles
- Boconnoc Estate 4.9 miles
- Lansallos Beach Beach 5.5 miles
- Pentewan Beach Beach 6.9 miles
- The Lost Gardens of Heligan Gardens 7.6 miles
- Polperro Harbour Heritage Museum Museum 8 miles
- Polperro Harbor Harbour 8.1 miles
- Vault Beach Beach 10 miles
- Hemmick Beach Beach 10.7 miles
- The Japanese Garden Gardens 14.9 miles