Little Downs is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Little Downs

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

Places near Little Downs feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Tehidy.

The area around Little Downs boasts some of the best country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

The area around Little Downs's best hills can be found at Kit Hill Country Park.

Cremyll, and Botallack are great places to visit near Little Downs if you like villages.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Little Downs including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

There are a several good airports in the Little Downs area like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Little Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Little Downs:

• Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Wayside cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Prehistoric settlements and field system with adjacent medieval settlement, field systems, boundaries and tin streamworks on the Brown Gelly Downs
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
• Largin Castle
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• King Arthur's Hall
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Bury Castle
• Wayside cross called Killboy Cross
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
• Medieval wayside cross at Castle Hill, 740m north east of Bodmin parish church
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• An early Christian memorial stone at Lancarffe
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Round barrow W of Dozmary Pool
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Four Hole Cross, 200m north of Lord's Waste Farm
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Round cairn 1.17km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Hobbs Hill tin mine, openwork and lodeback tinwork 530m east and 160m north east of Chyseger Farm
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Hut circle village 330yds (300m) W of West Northwood Farm
• Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Animal pound called Crowpound
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 825m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Two round cairns, three enclosed and two open stone hut circle settlements, a rectangular enclosure and a medieval longhouse to the south of Carburrow Tor
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Deserted medieval settlement and field system with incorporated prehistoric settlement and field system and post-medieval farmhouse NW of Tresibbet Farm
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Three stone hut circles with adjacent prehistoric field wall 660m north-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard
• Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Prehistoric hut circle settlement on Stanning Hill
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Helland Bridge
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth
• Lerryn Bridge
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• Lantern cross 60m north east of Lancarffe
• Trewane Cross in St Neot churchyard
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Embanked platform cairn with central mound on Browngelly Downs, 680m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill