Roche is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Roche

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

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

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

There are a several good towns in the Roche area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Hills to visit near Roche include Kit Hill Country Park.

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

Places near Roche feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are some of Roche best airports to visit near Roche.

Roche History

There are some historic monuments around Roche:

• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• St Cyor's well house
• Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs
• Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock
• Eight round barrows north of Scotland Corner, 980m south west of Pawton Gate Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding cairn
• Resugga Castle later prehistoric univallate hillfort
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow
• Three bowl barrows 200m north west of Pawtonsprings
• Wayside cross in the grounds of the former Rectory at Withiel, 70m south-west of the house
• Two round barrows 150m south west and 180m south east of Prince Parc
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs
• Churchyard cross shaft and base in St Stephen's churchyard, 3m south of the church
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• The Prior's Cross at Washaway
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Ruthern Bridge with adjacent ford
• Bowl barrow 540m WSW of St Breock Downs Farm
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Standing cross in St Dennis churchyard
• An early Christian memorial stone in St Francis churchyard, Indian Queens
• Standing stone 815m west of St Breock Downs Farm
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Round barrow 530m north west of Carnwinnick
• Preaching pit called the Queen's Pit
• Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
• Menacuddle Well
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Early Christian memorial stone at Nanscowe Farm
• The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows
• Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row
• Burial chamber on St Breock Downs
• Disc barrow 485m south west of Pawtonsprings
• Three round barrows on St Issey Beacon, Trelow Downs, 960m north east of Little Pennatillies
• A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon
• Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Wayside cross and cross base in St Stephen's churchyard, 6m south of the church
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Round 600m south east of Tregolds
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Two bowl barrows 385m south east of Higher Tregolls
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Holy well NW of Roche Station