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.

Tehidy is one of Roche's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Roche.

Country Parks to visit near Roche include Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Places near Roche feature a number of interesting hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

Cremyll, and Botallack are great places to visit near Roche if you like villages.

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

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

Roche History

There are some historic monuments around Roche:

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