Tintagel is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Tintagel

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

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

Don't miss Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Tintagel.

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

There are a several good hills in the area around Tintagel like Kit Hill Country Park.

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

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

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

Tintagel History

There are some historic monuments around Tintagel:

• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Iron Age defended settlement 500m north west of Higher Trevinnick
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Motte and bailey castle at Boscastle
• Medieval wayside cross at Fenterleigh crossroads, 750m south-east of Bossiney
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• Trevalga Cross in Trevalga churchyard
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• Early medieval decorated and inscribed wayside cross shaft and base on Waterpit Down, 250m WSW of Hallwell Barton Bungalow
• Trevena Cross
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Romano-British and early medieval settlement, medieval church, castle and associated features on Tintagel Island and adjoining mainland
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Bowl barrow called Condolden Barrow
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Forrabury Cross, 40m SSW of Forrabury church
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Round cairn 180m north of Trevarthian
• The Long Cross, an early Christian memorial stone and medieval wayside cross, and a post-medieval guide post 400m north of Trelights
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Round called Castle Goff
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• Rock art at Rocky Valley, 150m north of Trevillett Mill
• Medieval wayside cross in the churchyard at St Endellion
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle
• Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel
• An early Christian memorial stone 380m south east of Worthyvale Manor
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm