Charlestown is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Charlestown postcode: PL25 3AJ

Retail in Charlestown

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

Charlestown is near some unmissable hiking areas like Tehidy,

Charlestown has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Charlestown best towns to visit near Charlestown.

The area close to Charlestown boasts some of the best hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

Charlestown's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

There are a several good airports in the Charlestown area like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Charlestown History

There are some historic monuments around Charlestown:

• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• Holy well NW of Roche Station
• Medieval cross base at St Ewe
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly
• Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
• Promontory fort at Black Head
• St Cyor's well house
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• Menacuddle Well
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Defensive enclosure at Castle Hill
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• Wayside cross at Beacon Cross, 265m east of Lanuah