Helston
Helston is a Town in the county of Cornwall.
There are great places to visit near Helston including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.
Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Helston.
Helston has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
There are a number of towns near Helston including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.
Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Helston if you like hills.
There are a several good villages in the Helston area like Cremyll, and Botallack.
Helston is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,
The area around Helston boasts some of the best airports including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.
Helston History
There are some historic monuments around Helston:
Places to see near Helston
History of Helston
However, contributing to the belief of a port at Helston was the discovery of what some people believe to be slipways and mooring rings, during excavations around 1980. There was no known shipping from the sea after 1260, but before 1200, in ‘the 1182 record of Godric of Helleston paying a fine of ten marks for exporting his corn out of England from Helston without a licence.’ This could be considered the most significant piece of documentary evidence signifying Helston’s former port days, though it does not prove the case. At the time of Domesday Book, Gweek had no inhabitants whilst Helston was the largest settlement in the west of Cornwall, with 113 households. In 1837 a plan was drawn up to open Loe Pool to shipping using a pier to counteract siltation, but it was never carried out.
