St Blazey is a town in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in St Blazey

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

The area close to St Blazey boasts some of the best hiking areas including Tehidy.

St Blazey has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

St Blazey has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

The area around St Blazey's best hills can be found at Kit Hill Country Park.

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

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

There are a number of airports near St Blazey including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

St Blazey History

There are some historic monuments around St Blazey:

• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Menacuddle Well
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval wayside cross on Fore Street, Polruan
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Polruan Blockhouse
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• Chapel at Hall
• Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel
• St Saviour's Chapel, Polruan
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse, 19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Promontory fort at Black Head
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• St Cyor's well house
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Fowey Blockhouse
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Lerryn Bridge
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley