Canonstown is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Canonstown postcode: TR27 6NE

Retail in Canonstown

There are great places to visit near Canonstown including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Hiking Areas to visit near Canonstown include Tehidy.

Canonstown has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Canonstown if you like towns.

Places near Canonstown feature a number of interesting hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

There are a number of villages near Canonstown including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Canonstown's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Canonstown.

There are a number of airports near Canonstown including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Canonstown History

There are some historic monuments around Canonstown:

• Medieval wayside cross at Paul
• Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
• Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
• Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Market cross
• Churchyard cross in St Ia's churchyard
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
• Round called Lescudjack Castle
• An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
• Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
• Trevarnon Round
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
• Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
• Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
• Penbeagle Cross
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
• Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
• Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
• Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
• Cross at Treassowe
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
• Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
• Round 680m east of Gwealavellan Farm
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• National Explosives
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans
• Hut circles, Higher Bussow
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
• Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
• Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender