Editing Torpoint (section)

{{Short description|Town in Cornwall, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|map_type=                 Cornwall
|coordinates = {{coord|50.376|-4.205|display=inline,title}}
|label_position=           left
|official_name=            Torpoint
|cornish_name=             Penntorr
|population=               8,364
|population_ref=           ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]])
|civil_parish=             Torpoint
|unitary_england=          [[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]]
|lieutenancy_england =     [[Cornwall]]
|region=                   South West England
|constituency_westminster= [[South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Cornwall]]
|post_town=                TORPOINT
|postcode_district =       PL11
|postcode_area=            PL
|dial_code=                01752
|os_grid_reference=        SX438552
|website=                  http://www.torpointtowncouncil.gov.uk
|static_image_name = Torpoint War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 72337.jpg
|static_image_caption= The Ellis Memorial in memory of James B. Ellis a Torpoint man who drowned in July 1897 trying to save two boys from the river Tamar.
}}
'''Torpoint''' ({{langx|kw|Penntorr}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magakernow.org.uk/pdf/placename_masterlist.pdf|title=List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel|access-date=11 January 2015|publisher=Cornish Language Partnership|date=May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729194902/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/pdf/placename_masterlist.pdf|archive-date=29 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>) is a town and [[civil parish]] on the [[Rame Peninsula]] in southeast [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of [[Plymouth]] across the [[Hamoaze]] which is the tidal estuary of the [[River Tamar]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}</ref>
Torpoint had a population of 8,457 at the 2001 census, decreasing to 8,364 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Torpoint/index.html#Population|title=civil parish population 2011|access-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210000359/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Torpoint/index.html#Population|archive-date=10 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Two electoral wards also exist ([[Torpoint East (electoral division)|Torpoint East]] and [[Torpoint West (electoral division)|Torpoint West]]). Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/torpoint-west-e05008312#sthash.HRwYp7YU.dpbs|title=Ward of Torpoint West 2011|access-date= 15 February 2015}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/torpoint-east-e05008311#sthash.Ra5EAz12.dpbs|title=Ward of Torpoint East 2011|access-date= 15 February 2015}}</ref>

Torpoint is linked to Plymouth (and [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]]) by the [[Torpoint Ferry]]. The three vessels that operate the service are [[Cable ferry|chain ferries]] &ndash; that is, they are propelled across the river by pulling themselves on fixed chains which lie across the bed of the river. The journey takes about seven minutes.