Forder is a village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Forder

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

Tehidy is one of Forder's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Forder.

Don't miss Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Forder.

The area around Forder boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

There are a number of villages near Forder including Cremyll, and Botallack.

The area close to Forder boasts some of the best historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are some of Forder best airports to visit near Forder.

Forder History

There are some historic monuments around Forder:

• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Agaton fort
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Round at Berry Farm
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Firestone Bay artillery tower
• Scraesdon Fort
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
• Knowle battery
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• Eastern King battery
• Ernesettle battery
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Tregantle Fort
• Inswork Chapel
• Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Breakwater fort
• Cawsand Fort
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Holy well called St Julian's Well
• Mount Pleasant Redoubt
• Stonehouse Town Wall
• Woodland fort
• Western Kings artillery tower
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
• Gawton arsenic mine and flue
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Round on Berry Down
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe