The Par River ( kw, Dowr Gwernan, meaning ''alder tree river''), also known as the Luxulyan River is a river draining the area north of

St Blazey St Blazey ( kw, Lanndreth) is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. 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 ...

in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.

Geography

The Par River rises on Criggan Moor, with tributaries rising near Crift,

Bokiddick Downs Bokiddick is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile south of Lanivet Lanivet ( kw, Lanneves) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately sou ...

, and the villages of

Lockengate Lockengate is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is two miles south of Lanivet on the A391 road. It is in the civil parish of Luxulyan Luxulyan (; kw, Logsulyan), also spelt Luxullian or Luxulian, is a village and civil parish in mid Cor ...

, Lanivet and

Tregullon Tregullon is a hamlet in the parish of Lanivet near Bodmin in Cornwall, England. In 1884 it was noted as containing three farms and a mine. Tregullon mine was worked for iron, copper and tin. It operated first as "Tregullan Mine" to 1822, then fro ...

near

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...

. It flows southwards via Bokiddick,

Bodwen Bodwen is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lanlivery in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated just over one mile (2 km) north-northeast of Bugle village and five miles (8 km) north of St Austell. It is about two and a hal ...

, and through the Luxulyan Valley, to flow into

St Austell Bay St Austell Bay ( kw, Baya Ti war Dreth) is a bay on Cornwall's south coast which is bounded to the east by Gribbin Head and to the west by Black Head. Since 1 April 2009, it has also been the name of a civil parish, one of four new parishe ...

at Par.

History

Until the 16th century the valley below St Blazey contained an estuary and the crossing at St Blazey was the lowest crossing point on the river. Ponts Mill was once a port, up-river of St Blazey, and as late as 1720, 80 ton sea going vessels could reach the port. In January 2017 Imerys Minerals were fined £75,000 with £25,000 costs for polluting the tributary, Rocks Stream. An estimated of Jayfloc 85, a substance harmful to aquatic life, was in July 2013, flushed from a redundant storage tank, through drains and settlement lagoons and into the stream, near Bugle.

References

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