Portmellon is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Portmellon postcode: PL26 6PL

Retail in Portmellon

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

Portmellon is near some unmissable hiking areas like Tehidy,

Portmellon's best nearby country parks can be found at Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

The area close to Portmellon boasts some of the best hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

Cremyll, and Botallack are some of Portmellon best villages to visit near Portmellon.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to Portmellon if you like historic buildings.

Airports to visit near Portmellon include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Portmellon History

There are some historic monuments around Portmellon:

• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Medieval cross base at St Ewe
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Menacuddle Well
• Defensive enclosure at Castle Hill
• Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Fair Cross, 420m WNW of Tregidgeo Farm
• Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton
• Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Wayside cross at Beacon Cross, 265m east of Lanuah
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Later prehistoric cliff castle, two prehistoric round barrows, medieval field system, and associated remains on Dodman Point
• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• Promontory fort at Black Head