Racecourse Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Racecourse Downs

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

The area around Racecourse Downs's best hiking areas can be found at Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Racecourse Downs best country parks to visit near Racecourse Downs.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Racecourse Downs if you like towns.

There are a number of hills near to Racecourse Downs including Kit Hill Country Park.

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

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Racecourse Downs's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Racecourse Downs.

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

Racecourse Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Racecourse Downs:

• An early Christian memorial stone at Lancarffe
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Kerbed cairn 500m east of Casehill
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and linear boundary with superimposed medieval boundary and adjacent clearance cairn on Dinnever Hill
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Two small stone circles 530m ESE of King Arthur's Hall
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Bury Castle
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Stone hut circle north of Dinnever Hill, 200m WNW of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Lantern cross 60m north east of Lancarffe
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• The Prior's Cross at Washaway
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Higher Lank Farm 10m south of the farm house
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Henge with stone circle called the Stripple Stones and adjacent bowl barrow 415m south east of Hawk's Tor
• Stannon Stone Circle, prehistoric field system, hut circle settlement, cairns, cist, linear boundaries and medieval building north of Dinnever Hill
• Prehistoric stone setting 62m north-west of the Stannon Stone Circle
• Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle
• The Middle Moor Cross, 230m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Neolithic long cairn north-east of Louden Hill
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Two round cairns, three enclosed and two open stone hut circle settlements, a rectangular enclosure and a medieval longhouse to the south of Carburrow Tor
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Large regular stone circle called the Trippet Stones
• King Arthur's Hall
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• The Louden Stone Circle, 950m ENE of Camperdown Farm
• Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill
• Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Wayside cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Medieval wayside cross at Castle Hill, 740m north east of Bodmin parish church
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• Large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Helland Bridge
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Trequite Cross, at Trequite village
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• Holy well near St James' Chapel
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Round cairn with central cist capstone and inner kerb 935m north-east of Camperdown Farm
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Fernacre stone circle and two outlying stones
• Platform cairn on Priddacombe Downs
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Tawna Downs round barrows