Cawsand is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Cawsand postcode: PL10 1PL

Retail in Cawsand

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

There are a number of hiking areas near to Cawsand including Tehidy.

Country Parks to visit near Cawsand include Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Towns to visit near Cawsand include Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

The area around Cawsand features a number of interesting villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

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

Cawsand History

There are some historic monuments around Cawsand:

• Western Kings artillery tower
• The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe
• Holy well called St Julian's Well
• Austin Fort and section of military road
• Stonehouse Town Wall
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Crownhill Fort
• Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
• Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Firestone Bay artillery tower
• Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Eggbuckland Keep
• Ernesettle battery
• Fort Bovisand
• Scraesdon Fort
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves
• The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Cawsand Fort
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• Breakwater fort
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Mount Pleasant Redoubt
• Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Tregantle Fort
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Plymouth Castle (remains of)
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Mount Batten: 17th century artillery tower, Civil War breastwork, and World War II remains
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
• Inswork Chapel
• Staddon Heights Defences including Fort Staddon Fort, Brownhill Battery, Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights Battery, Staddon Battery and associated features and structures
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Bowden Battery
• Knowle battery
• Fort Stamford
• Woodland fort
• Agaton fort
• Round on Berry Down
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park
• Eastern King battery
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery