Par

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The Par Bell
The community of Par Bay is made up of three specific areas/villages including Par, St Blazey and Tywardreath. They are three quite distinct settlements, with some very clear differences – of outlook as well as of economic and social structure.

Par Beach itself includes a local nature reserve and the brackish pool known as Polmear Lake or the Duck Pond. The area sits on the Meadfoot Beds of the Lower Devonian - essentially various layers of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones or sandy siltstones. The dunes are still building, which is unusual in the UK, as most sandy coastlines have retreated in the last 100 years. In fact the high tide mark moved about 100m towards the sea between 1885 and 1985. The dunes are an important flood defence.

The history of the locality, and the beach itself, is dominated by the china clay industry, with its dryers working 24/7.
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Triumphant inauguration of the bell

On a day of glorious weather, May 27 2023, the bell was finally inaugurated - a triumph for Richard Parks and his colleagues at the Friends of Par Beach.  It was a double festivity, because it very deliberately coincided with Par-teee, organised by our dear friends of Prodigal UPG, who created a rich day of […]

Installation Day

April 20, 2023, was a big day on Par Beach! It was the culmination of years of hard work by Richard Parks and his team at the Friends of Par Beach. The complex new structure was carefully placed onto the helical piles that had been bored into the sand. All was done in time for […]

Inauguration plans, May 27 2023

Stand by for a huge day on May 27. Not only will the newly installed bell be formally inaugurated, accompanied by much festivity and celebration, but our dear friends from Prodigal UPG will be putting on PAR-teee, 'their 'free, family festival of PAR-formance and PAR-ticipation'! What more could anyone want?

Poetry in Par

Here is Jon Best's contribution to a number of poems written by the Poetry group in Par.

A very productive day

Saturday March 5th 2022 saw much fruitful work by Richard Parks, chair of the Friends of Par Beach. All to the backdrop of a half-bell just delivered by Marcus Vergette, currently in Cornubia, the local venue encouraging social enterprise, encouraging creativity and promoting healthy  living.

On the Strandline

The wonderful performance we commissioned from Prodigal UPG has been touring to a few locations, including the Eden project, during the summer of 2021. The aim is that it should be performed at as many bell sites as possible in 2022. Here is a brief trailer.

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