St Blazey (Cornish: Lanndreth)

St Blaise is the civil parish in which St Blazey is situated; the name St Blaise is also used by the town council. The village of Biscovey and the settlements of St Blazey Gate, Bodelva and West Par lie within the parish boundaries.

An electoral ward also exists in the name of St Blaise. The population at the 2011 census was 4,674.^[2] Once an important engineering centre for the local mine and railway industries, the parish is now dominated by the Eden Project.

The town takes its name from the Armenian Saint Blaise and holds a procession and service on his feast day, 3 February.

Tywardreath (Cornish: Ti War Dreth, meaning manorial centre on a beach)

Tywardreath translates from the Cornish language as a manorial centre on a beach, or House on the Strand, and was featured by Daphne du Maurier in her novel The House on the Strand.

Although the civil parish is shown under Tywardreath and Par there is an electoral ward (which also includes Par) shown under the name of Tywardreath only. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,897

Par (Cornish: An Porth, meaning creek or harbour)

The village is situated in the civil parish of Tywardreath and Par, although West Par and the docks lie in the parish of St Blaise.

Par has a population of around 1,600 (in 2012).

It became developed in the second quarter of the nineteenth century when the harbour was developed, in order 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; another small beach is at Spit Point west of the harbour. Between these two beaches the South West Coast Path takes an inland diversion through the village.

Par lies in a triangle of streets which form a one-way traffic system. There are a variety of shops, a post office, a public house and other businesses.

If you have any policing queries please email us or telephone 101 and ask to speak to a member of the St Blazey Neighbourhood Policing Team