Gwinear Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Gwinear Downs

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Gwinear Downs include Tehidy.

The area around Gwinear Downs features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

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

Don't miss Cremyll, and Botallack's villages if visiting the area around Gwinear Downs.

Gwinear Downs is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are great places to visit near Gwinear Downs if you like airports.

Gwinear Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Gwinear Downs:

• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Trevena Cross
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Part of a cliff castle called Crane Castle
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Round in North Cliff Plantation 800yds (730m) NW of Tehidy Hospital
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement 550m east of Feadon Farm
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Illogan churchyard
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Minor Romano British villa 100m south east of Magor Farm
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Round 680m east of Gwealavellan Farm
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• Trevarnon Round
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• East Pool Mine
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
• National Explosives
• Bodilly Cross, at Bodilly Veor
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Coastguard look-out tower and landmark 240m north of Portreath Harbour
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans