St Germans is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

St Germans postcode: PL12 5LN

Retail in St Germans

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around St Germans like Tehidy.

St Germans's best nearby country parks can be found at Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Kit Hill Country Park is one of St Germans's best, nearby hills to visit in St Germans.

There are a number of villages near St Germans including Cremyll, and Botallack.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around St Germans like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are great places to visit near St Germans if you like airports.

St Germans History

There are some historic monuments around St Germans:

• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Tregantle Fort
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Round on Berry Down
• Inswork Chapel
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Cross at Triffle Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 10m ESE of the church
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Scraesdon Fort
• Medieval churchyard cross in Quethiock churchyard
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 0.3m south of the church
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Iron Age defended settlement at Padderbury Top
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down