Wherrytown is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Wherrytown postcode: TR18 4NQ

Retail in Wherrytown

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Wherrytown include Tehidy.

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

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

Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Wherrytown if you like hills.

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

There are a number of historic buildings near to Wherrytown including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Wherrytown's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Wherrytown History

There are some historic monuments around Wherrytown:

• Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
• Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
• Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
• Botrea barrows
• Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
• Cross at Treassowe
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
• Promontory fort known as Treryn Dinas
• A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
• Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
• Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
• Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
• Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
• Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
• Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
• Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
• Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
• Croftoe British village
• Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
• Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
• Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
• Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
• Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
• Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
• Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
• Kerris Cross
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
• Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
• Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
• Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
• Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
• Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• An early Christian memorial stone at Boskenna
• Round called Lesingey Round
• Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
• Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
• Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
• Standing stone 410m south east of Boskenna Cross
• Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
• Medieval wayside cross at Paul
• Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Holy well called Madron Well
• Treen Common stone circle
• Long stone W of Boswens Common
• Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
• Boskenna Cross
• Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
• Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
• Bowl barrow 300m south west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
• Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
• Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
• An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
• Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
• Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
• Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
• Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
• Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
• Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
• Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
• A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
• Round called Lescudjack Castle
• Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
• Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
• Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
• Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
• Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
• Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan
• Boleigh fogou
• Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
• Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
• Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
• Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
• Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
• Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
• Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
• Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
• Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
• Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
• Hut circles, Higher Bussow
• Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
• Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
• The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
• Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
• Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
• Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
• Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
• Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
• Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
• Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
• Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
• Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
• Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
• Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
• Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
• Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
• Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
• Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
• Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
• The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
• Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
• Bowl barrow 180m north of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• Field system on Dry Carn
• Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
• Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
• Market cross
• Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church
• Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm
• Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
• Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
• Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
• Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
• Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
• Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
• Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
• Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
• Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
• Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
• St Buryan churchtown cross
• Penbeagle Cross
• Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
• Round 340m south east of Trevean
• Boskenna Gate Cross
• Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
• Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
• Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
• Prehistoric entrance grave 900m north west of Tregiffian Farm
• Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
• Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
• Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
• Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
• Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
• Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
• Watermill near Bosigran Castle
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Round called Trewern Round
• Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
• Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen