Torpoint is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Torpoint postcode: PL11 2LH

Retail in Torpoint

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

There are a number of hiking areas near to Torpoint including 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 Torpoint.

The area around Torpoint boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

The area around Torpoint boasts some of the best villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to Torpoint if you like historic buildings.

Airports to visit near Torpoint include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Torpoint History

There are some historic monuments around Torpoint:

• Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
• Cawsand Fort
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Firestone Bay artillery tower
• Holy well called St Julian's Well
• Fort Stamford
• Stonehouse Town Wall
• Staddon Heights Defences including Fort Staddon Fort, Brownhill Battery, Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights Battery, Staddon Battery and associated features and structures
• Woodland fort
• Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement
• Crownhill Fort
• Fort Bovisand
• Eggbuckland Keep
• Mount Batten: 17th century artillery tower, Civil War breastwork, and World War II remains
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Bowden Battery
• Ernesettle battery
• Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park
• Knowle battery
• Eastern King battery
• Agaton fort
• Breakwater fort
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• Scraesdon Fort
• Austin Fort and section of military road
• Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Western Kings artillery tower
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
• Hilltop enclosure known as Maristow Camp, 240m east of Middle Park House
• Tregantle Fort
• Inswork Chapel
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Animal pound at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
• Plymouth Castle (remains of)
• Round on Berry Down
• Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Mount Pleasant Redoubt
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe