Retire is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Retire

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

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Retire.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Retire if you like country parks.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Retire best towns to visit near Retire.

Don't miss Kit Hill Country Park's hills if visiting the area around Retire.

Retire's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

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

Retire History

There are some historic monuments around Retire:

• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding cairn
• A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon
• Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• Three bowl barrows 200m north west of Pawtonsprings
• Standing stone 815m west of St Breock Downs Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Wadebridge
• Dovecote 90m SSE of Trevanion House
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Killibury Castle later Prehistoric hillfort
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.16m west of the church porch
• Helland Bridge
• Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.46m east of the church porch
• Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
• The Three Holes Cross 550m west of Sandylands Farm
• Two bowl barrows 385m south east of Higher Tregolls
• Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs
• Bowl barrow 200m north east of Gonvena House
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Early Christian memorial stone at Nanscowe Farm
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Bowl barrow 540m WSW of St Breock Downs Farm
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Eight round barrows north of Scotland Corner, 980m south west of Pawton Gate Farm
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Multi-span bridge called Trewornan Bridge
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Burial chamber on St Breock Downs
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
• Late medieval and 19th century bridge at Wadebridge
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth
• The Prior's Cross at Washaway
• Holy well NW of Roche Station
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Ruthern Bridge with adjacent ford
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Standing cross in St Dennis churchyard
• Disc barrow 485m south west of Pawtonsprings
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• St Cyor's well house
• Wayside cross in the grounds of the former Rectory at Withiel, 70m south-west of the house