Townshend is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Townshend postcode: TR27 6AG

Retail in Townshend

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

Places near Townshend feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Tehidy.

The area around Townshend features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

There are a number of hills near to Townshend including Kit Hill Country Park.

Townshend has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Don't miss Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's historic buildings if visiting the area around Townshend.

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

Townshend History

There are some historic monuments around Townshend:

• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry
• Round 680m east of Gwealavellan Farm
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Trevena Cross
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm
• Round in North Cliff Plantation 800yds (730m) NW of Tehidy Hospital
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Minor Romano British villa 100m south east of Magor Farm
• Trevarnon Round
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• National Explosives
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm