Forder is a village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Forder

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

The area close to Forder boasts some of the best hiking areas including Tehidy.

Country Parks to visit near Forder include Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

The area around Forder boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Hills to visit near Forder include Kit Hill Country Park.

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Forder include Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Forder.

Forder History

There are some historic monuments around Forder:

• Woodland fort
• Tregantle Fort
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Knowle battery
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Breakwater fort
• Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe
• Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
• Western Kings artillery tower
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine
• Agaton fort
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Round at Berry Farm
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Gawton arsenic mine and flue
• Scraesdon Fort
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Cawsand Fort
• Holy well called St Julian's Well
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Round on Berry Down
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Stonehouse Town Wall
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Mount Pleasant Redoubt
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Eastern King battery
• Firestone Bay artillery tower
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• Inswork Chapel
• Ernesettle battery
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park