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.

Hiking Areas to visit near Forder include Tehidy.

There are a number of country parks near Forder including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Forder has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

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

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

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

Forder History

There are some historic monuments around Forder:

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