Par Harbour

Par Harbour is the industrial port beside Par on Cornwall’s south coast. Joseph Thomas Treffry developed it as part of a wider arrangement for moving mineral traffic between inland workings and the sea. James Meadows Rendel was involved in the engineering.

The connection inland mattered as much as the breakwaters. The canal towards Ponts Mill and associated tramways helped goods move through the Luxulyan landscape. Coal could come in to support industry, while mineral products went out. In later years the harbour became strongly associated with china clay.

This was a practical alternative to treating every mine as an isolated business with an inconvenient pile of rock to shift. It also explains why Par belongs in a story about Treffry’s ambitions at Newquay, on the opposite coast.

The pin marks the harbour, not a public entrance. Par village and its beach have a separate place entry; operational industrial land should not be treated as a visitor attraction simply because its history is interesting.

50.34444, -4.70556 · Position source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_Harbour

Par Harbour — port location, not public access