English Heritage sites near Torpoint Parish
ROYAL CITADEL, PLYMOUTH
3 miles from Torpoint Parish
A dramatic 17th-century fortress built to defend the coastline from the Dutch, and keep watch on a recently rebellious town. Still in use by the military today.
DUPATH WELL
9 miles from Torpoint Parish
This charming well-house of around 1500 stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.
UPPER PLYM VALLEY
12 miles from Torpoint Parish
This extraordinary landscape encompasses some 300 Bronze Age and medieval sites, covering 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of Dartmoor.
TRETHEVY QUOIT
13 miles from Torpoint Parish
This well-preserved and impressive Neolithic 'dolmen' burial chamber stands 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) high. There are five standing stones, surmounted by a huge capstone.
MERRIVALE PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT
14 miles from Torpoint Parish
The group of monuments at Merrivale is one of the finest on Dartmoor: side by side here are the remains of a Bronze Age settlement and a complex of ritual sites.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
15 miles from Torpoint Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
Churches in Torpoint Parish
Torpoint: St James
St. James Road
Torpoint
Plymouth
(01752) 822264
Welcome to the parish church of Torpoint: St James in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and County of Cornwall England.
Pubs in Torpoint Parish
Carbeile Inn
Large house converted to a friendly multi-roomed pub, popular with naval families living around the nearby training establishment; children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. The main bar has a large screen showing TV sport; a separate...
Jubilee Inn
Narrow single bar in the town centre, with a pool table at one end and darts at the other, and TV screens prominent. The emphasis here is largely on cocktails in a basic drinking environment with a pre-clubbing atmosphere.
King's Arms
This is a basic one-room bar with well-trodden wooden floor and games area (darts, pool table) at one end. It is a typical sailors' pub, which seems to specialise in weird-flavoured vodkas. There are few facilities - the outside drinking ar...
Queen's Arms Hotel
Basic community pub overlooking the ferry slipway and Devonport dockyard across the river. Once consisting of two rooms with slate flooring, these are now connected either side of the U-shaped bar; the former 'public' still houses the dartb...
Standard Inn
No real ale.
Torpoint & District Comrades & United Services Club
Situared opposite Sainsburys on the main road into town, this welcoming and relaxing club has a ldownstairs ong bar which is csrpeted and furnished throughout with wooden tables and chasirs. As well as the pool table and TV it also hosts 3...
Trot Inn
Sports-orientated town centre pub with plush carpet and large TV screen in the front bar. The pub is on a split level, with the lower floor towards the back designated as the games area. Live entertainment most weekends. Food is limited to...
Wheelers
Large town centre bar referring to itself as a 'fun' pub in the evenings, but with a quieter and more reflective clientele at lunchtimes. Popular with sailors from the nearby training establishment, it is furnished with tables, chairs and s...