Polgooth is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Polgooth postcode: PL26 7BT

Retail in Polgooth

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

The area close to Polgooth boasts some of the best hiking areas including Tehidy.

There are a several good country parks in the Polgooth area like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Polgooth's best nearby towns can be found at Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

The area around Polgooth features a number of interesting villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

Polgooth has some unmissable airports nearby like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Polgooth History

There are some historic monuments around Polgooth:

• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Defensive enclosure at Castle Hill
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Medieval wayside cross base on Creed Hill, 400m south of Grampound
• St Cyor's well house
• Market Cross and cross base immediately south west of St Nun's Church
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Menacuddle Well
• Holy well NW of Roche Station
• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Later prehistoric cliff castle, two prehistoric round barrows, medieval field system, and associated remains on Dodman Point
• Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Castlezens multiple enclosure fort
• Wayside cross at Beacon Cross, 265m east of Lanuah
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Nancor Cross, 400m north west of Nancor
• Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Standing cross in St Dennis churchyard
• Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
• Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Promontory fort at Black Head
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Three round barrows 320m south west of Trelagossick
• Holy well of St Cuby, 25m south west of Brookfield
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• Fair Cross, 420m WNW of Tregidgeo Farm
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Churchyard cross shaft and base in St Stephen's churchyard, 3m south of the church
• Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton
• Medieval cross base at St Ewe
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Resugga Castle later prehistoric univallate hillfort
• Golden Camp hillfort
• Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south of the church