What is Calstock?
{{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = Calstock from train.jpg | static_image_caption = Calstock village from the viaduct | latitude = 50.497 | longitude = -4.210 |label_position= top | official_name = Calstock | cornish_name = Kalstok | population = 6,095 | population_ref = ''(2001)'' |civil_parish= Calstock | unitary_england= [[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cornwall]] | metropolitan_borough = | metropolitan_county = | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = [[South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Cornwall]] | post_town = CALSTOCK<br>GUNNISLAKE | postcode_district = PL18 | postcode_area = PL | dial_code = 01822 | os_grid_reference = SX4368 }} [[File:Calstock - geograph.org.uk - 196115.jpg|thumb|Calstock]] '''Calstock''' ({{lang-kw|Kalstok}}) is a parish and a large village in south east [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]], on the [[River Tamar]] near the border with [[Devon]]. The village is {{convert|6|mi|km}} south west of [[Tavistock]] and {{convert|10|mi|km}} north of [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|9780319231463}}</ref> The parish had a population of 6,095 in the 2001 [[census]].<ref>[[Office for National Statistics]] & Cornwall County Council, 2001. [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7630 Parish population statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525023700/http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=7630 |date=2006-05-25 }}</ref> As well as Calstock, other settlements in the parish include Albaston, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow, Latchley and Metherell. Calstock village is within the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and lies on the scenic Tamar Valley railway. Mining was formerly an important industry here. ==References==