Pont is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Pont

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Pont like Tehidy.

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

Towns to visit near Pont include Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Kit Hill Country Park is one of Pont's best, nearby hills to visit in Pont.

There are a several good villages in the Pont area like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Pont is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,

The area around Pont features a number of interesting airports including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Pont History

There are some historic monuments around Pont:

• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel
• Fowey Blockhouse
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore
• Polruan Blockhouse
• Wayside cross called Killboy Cross
• Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
• St Saviour's Chapel, Polruan
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork
• Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra
• Medieval churchyard cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 2m south of the church
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly
• Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon
• Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
• Chapel at Hall
• Bowl barrow called 'Mabel Barrow', 400m south-west of Higher Polgassic
• St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse, 19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point
• Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm
• Medieval wayside cross on Fore Street, Polruan
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole
• Lerryn Bridge
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Medieval wayside cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church