Crowan is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Crowan

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

The area around Crowan's best hiking areas can be found at Tehidy.

The area around Crowan boasts some of the best country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

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

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

Places near Crowan feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Crowan History

There are some historic monuments around Crowan:

• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor
• Round 200m north east of Burncoose
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Part of a cliff castle called Crane Castle
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Round 260m south of Tenament Farm
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Trevarnon Round
• Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• Romano-British defended settlement 340m ESE of Grambla
• Standing stone 100m west of Lezerea Farm
• Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross
• Mawgan Cross early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Round 680m east of Gwealavellan Farm
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm
• Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
• The Tolgus arsenic works 80m south east of East Tolgus House
• Roman milestone at Mynheer Farm
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Part of the mining complex associated with Marriott's Shaft once part of South Wheal Francis tin and copper mine
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft
• Bowl barrow 210m NNE of Holifield Farm
• Bowl barrow on Boskenwyn Downs, 510m east of Lower Boskenwyn
• Churchyard cross in St Illogan churchyard
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• Round in North Cliff Plantation 800yds (730m) NW of Tehidy Hospital
• Bodilly Cross, at Bodilly Veor
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House
• Small stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' 60m east of Carthew House
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Iron Age defended settlement 550m east of Feadon Farm
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure with later settlement and defensive structures, a prehistoric field system, a medieval castle and deer park and mineral workings on Carn Brea
• Minor Romano British villa 100m south east of Magor Farm
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Mortar outcrop at Trenear, 9m north east of Poldark Mine entrance
• Round, medieval chapel, burial ground and standing cross 60m south east of Merthyr Uny House
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• National Explosives
• Round cairn with later shelter and beacon known as Beacon Hut, 430m NNW of Wheal Lovell Farm
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• A holed stone known as 'The Tolvan Stone' at Tolvan Cross
• Trevena Cross
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• East Pool Mine
• Three bowl barrows 245m north west of Gregwartha Cottage
• Bowl barrow 230m east of Trewirgie Farm
• Meruny Cross, 200m SSW of Merther-Uny Farm
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm