SX0754 : Par Station
taken 7 years ago, near to Par, Cornwall, England
Par railway station serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey in Cornwall. It is the junction for the Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay with the Cornish Main Line. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who operate the train service along with CrossCountry. The station opened in 1859.
Par is a village and fishing port with a harbour on the south coast of Cornwall.
Par is approximately 3.5 miles east of St Austell.
It became developed in the second quarter of the nineteenth century when the harbour was developed, to serve copper mines and other mineral sites in and surrounding the Luxulyan Valley; china clay later became the dominant traffic as copper working declined, and the harbour and the china clay dries remain as distinctive features of the industrial heritage; however the mineral activity is much reduced.
Par Harbour and the beach at Par Sands are south of the village, and the latter includes a large static caravan holiday park.
Par lies in a triangle of streets which form a one-way traffic system. There is a variety of shops, a post office, a public house and other businesses. In the north of the village is the railway station.