Penpethy is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penpethy

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

Tehidy is one of Penpethy's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Penpethy.

Penpethy has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Penpethy if you like hills.

Penpethy has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Places near Penpethy feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Penpethy History

There are some historic monuments around Penpethy:

• Romano-British and early medieval settlement, medieval church, castle and associated features on Tintagel Island and adjoining mainland
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Motte and bailey castle at Boscastle
• Prehistoric embanked avenue with incorporated funerary cist 210m WNW of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross in Lesnewth churchyard
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 250m north east of Lowermoor
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
• Rock art at Rocky Valley, 150m north of Trevillett Mill
• Polrode Cross in St Kew churchyard, 3m east of the church
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Round cairn 567m north-west of Showery Tor
• Early medieval decorated and inscribed wayside cross shaft and base on Waterpit Down, 250m WSW of Hallwell Barton Bungalow
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• An early Christian memorial stone 380m south east of Worthyvale Manor
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Round 800m south east of Pengold Farm
• Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
• Anderton Mill Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m north of the church
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• Two bowl barrows 660m south west of Whitehill Cottage, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Trequite Cross, at Trequite village
• Forrabury Cross, 40m SSW of Forrabury church
• Two adjoining prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 960m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Earthwork on Hill Down 500yds (450m) WSW of Tresparrett Posts
• Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Tregatheral Cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Prehistoric to post-medieval funerary, ritual and settlement remains on and around Louden Hill
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Three prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 1km NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Trevalga Cross in Trevalga churchyard
• Four prehistoric house platforms on south-east Roughtor, 938m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Round cairn 417m north-west of Showery Tor
• Prehistoric ring cairn 810m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Trevena Cross
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with incorporated and adjacent cairns, chamber and medieval chapel on the summit ridge of Rough Tor and Little Rough Tor
• Iron Age defended settlement 170m north west of Cargurra
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
• Round barrow cemetery including Tich Barrow 730m north east of Trehane Pool
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Chapel Amble Cross in St Kew churchyard, 30m north west of the church
• Deserted medieval building 55m south of Roughtor summit
• Bowl barrow 110m north of Whitehill Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Round cairn 180m north of Trevarthian
• Prehistoric irregular field system and enclosures with incorporated stone hut circle and incorporated and adjacent cairns 558m north-west of Showery Tor
• Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Bowl barrow called Condolden Barrow
• King Arthur's Hall
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Tor cairn on Showery Tor
• Prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, and religious and funerary remains on the middle and lower slopes west and south of Roughtor
• Roughtor holy well, 333m south-west of Showery Tor
• Round cairn 625m north-west of Showery Tor
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery Tor
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Prehistoric round cairn 865m NNE of Fernacre Farm
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Bowl barrow 60m west of Crowdy Reservoir dam
• Job's Cross, medieval wayside cross 500m north east of Trewethern
• Round called Castle Goff
• Prehistoric house platform on south-east Roughtor, 985m NNW of Fernacre Farm
• Bowl barrow 420m south east of Higher Parkwalls
• Prehistoric standing stone 695m north-west of Showery Tor
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Cross 410m north east of Tregrylls
• Medieval wayside cross at Fenterleigh crossroads, 750m south-east of Bossiney
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Wayside cross in St Juliot's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Five bowl barrows south of Newton Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Round cairn 312m north-west of Showery Tor
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Prehistoric linear boundary, adjacent irregular aggregate field system and hut circles, incorporated cairns and medieval grave on north-west Roughtor