Par Docks, Par

#9 among attractions in Par

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Facts and practical information

Par Docks is an Imerys-owned harbour in the village of Par, Cornwall, United Kingdom, which was used for the export of china clay from the numerous Imerys sites in the clay-rich region of Mid-Cornwall. ()

Coordinates: 50°20'40"N, 4°42'20"W

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Par United Kingdom

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Day trips

Par Docks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eden Project, St Catherine's Castle, Tregaminion Church, Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre.

2.1 miNW
Iconic eco park with educational centre
Eden Project, Par
53 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Cornwall, the Eden Project is a captivating botanical garden located in the quaint town of Bodelva, near Par, United Kingdom. This unique conservation project has transformed a reclaimed china clay pit into a sprawling eco-paradise, home...
2.9 miE
Forts and castles
St Catherine's Castle, Fowey
75 min walk • St Catherine's Castle is a Henrician castle in Cornwall, England, built by Thomas Treffry between approximately 1538 and 1540, in response to fears of an invasion of England by France and the Holy Roman Empire.
1.4 miSE
Church
Tregaminion Church, Par
37 min walk • Tregaminion Church is a Church of England church in Tregaminion, Cornwall, England, UK. The church dates to the early 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building.
2.4 miW
History museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre, Charlestown
62 min walk • The Shipwreck Treasure Museum located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Charlestown, Cornwall, England, is a historical museum housing over 8,000 artifacts from over 150 different shipwrecks.
3 miE
Museum, Vernacular architecture
Place House, Fowey
78 min walk • Place House is a Grade I listed building located in Fowey, Cornwall, England. Home of the Treffry family since the thirteenth century, the original structure was a fifteenth-century tower, which was defended against the French in 1475 by Elizabeth Treffry.
2.9 miE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Boat or ferry
Sawmills Studios, Fowey
75 min walk • Sawmills Studios, founded in 1974 by record producer Tony Cox, is a recording studio near Golant on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall. The studio building is located on its own tidal creek on the banks of the Fowey. Sawmills was one of the first residential recording facilities in the UK.
1.6 miW
Park
Tregrehan House, Par
40 min walk • Tregrehan is a country house near St. Blazey, Cornwall, designed by George Wightwick. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Late Georgian.. granite.. Ionic colonnade", "a pretty little lodge".
3.9 miW
50°20'14"N • 4°47'38"W
White River Place, St Austell
101 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Castle Dore, Par
54 min walk • Castle Dore is an Iron Age hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC.
2 miNW
Forts and castles
Prideaux Castle, Par
52 min walk • Prideaux Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated atop a 133 m high conical hill near the southern boundary of the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
2.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Treffry Viaduct, Par
74 min walk • The Treffry Viaduct is a historic dual-purpose railway viaduct and aqueduct located close to the village of Luxulyan, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The viaduct crosses the Luxulyan Valley, and with it forms an integral part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site.

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Par (20 min walk)