Polbathic ( kw, Polbarthek) is a small village situated on the A374

Trerulefoot Trerulefoot (pronounced , Cornish: ''Bentreriwall'') is a village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located on the A38 trunk road approximately halfway between the towns of Saltash and Liskeard. Trerulefoot has a farm shop ...

Torpoint Torpoint ( kw, Penntorr) is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Torpoint had ...

road, within the parish of St Germans, in south-east

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England, UK. The village is situated on the edge of a tidal creek, known as Polbathick Lake, which is a branch of the

River Tiddy The River Tiddy ( kw, Teudhi)Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)

and

River Lynher The River Lynher ( kw, Linar) (or St Germans River downstream from its confluence with the Tiddy) flows through east Cornwall, England, and enters the River Tamar at the Hamoaze, which in turn flows into Plymouth Sound. Navigation The normal ...

river system. Polbathick Lake is within the Lynher Estuary

SSSI A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

. Polbathic is home to the Halfway Public House, drinkers at the pub tried to buy it but were not successful. The pub was bought at auction for £110,000 by the owners of the Pickwick inn St Issey, the pub was run by landlord Kevin Rix, when he left the owners daughter took over and ran it for 4 years. In 2019 the freehold of the pub was put up for sale for £350,000 or a lease with £25000 rent pa, eventually the lease was sold at a discount, for £1 on the 12 November 2019. The pub is now run by Lloyd Halliday who previously managed pubs in Essex and Suffolk. He then bought the pub for £306,000 in December 2021. The landlord Lloyd Halliday then bought a house in the village on the 19th of December 2022 for £400,000 furthering his aims to expand his influence and status in the village. References

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