What is Lostwithiel?
[[File:Lostwithiel bridge river Fowey Cornwall.jpg|thumb|The bridge over the River Fowey]] '''Lostwithiel''' is a small [[town]] in [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]], at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792905&c=Lostwithiel&d=16&e=15&g=431205&i=1001x1003x1004&k=parish+headcounts&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2011-06-06 |archive-date=2015-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723070229/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792905&c=Lostwithiel&d=16&e=15&g=431205&i=1001x1003x1004&k=parish+headcounts&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town is in the Fowey river valley, between the A390 road from [[Tavistock]] to [[Truro]] and the upper tidal reaches of the river. Lostwithiel railway station is on the [[Great Western Main Line|Cornish Main Line]] from [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]] to [[Penzance]]. It is at the south of the town, just across the medieval bridge which was built in the early 14th century. A branch line takes china clay trains to [[Fowey]]. Lostwithiel's most notable buildings are St Bartholomew's Church and Restormel Castle. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Towns in Cornwall]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall]]