Looe
Looe is a Town in the county of Cornwall.
There are great places to visit near Looe including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.
Tehidy is a great place to visit close to Looe if you like hiking areas.
Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Looe best country parks to visit near Looe.
There are a several good towns in the Looe area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.
Places near Looe feature a number of interesting hills including Kit Hill Country Park.
There are a number of villages near Looe including Cremyll, and Botallack.
Don't miss Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's historic buildings if visiting the area around Looe.
Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are great places to visit near Looe if you like airports.
Looe History
There are some historic monuments around Looe:
Places to see near Looe
History of Looe
Shutta, on the steep hillside over East Looe, is recorded as being inhabited by the 12th century. Between 1154 and 1189 Henry II granted a charter in favour of Sir Henry Bodrugan as Mayor of East Looe. West Looe was given free borough status sometime after this (the first known historical mention of the town dates from 1327) and in the 1230s East Looe secured the right to hold a weekly market and a Michaelmas fair. East Looe’s layout looks like a “planted borough”, a concept similar to modern new towns, since most of its streets form a grid-like pattern.
