Polruan is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Polruan postcode: PL23 1PJ

Retail in Polruan

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

Tehidy is a great place to visit close to Polruan if you like hiking areas.

There are a number of country parks near Polruan including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

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

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

The area close to Polruan boasts some of the best historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Polruan's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Polruan History

There are some historic monuments around Polruan:

• Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• St Saviour's Chapel, Polruan
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
• Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole
• Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel
• Lerryn Bridge
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra
• Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Bowl barrow called 'Mabel Barrow', 400m south-west of Higher Polgassic
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Polruan Blockhouse
• Medieval wayside cross on Fore Street, Polruan
• Chapel at Hall
• Fowey Blockhouse
• Medieval churchyard cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 2m south of the church
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Medieval wayside cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse, 19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore