Forder Lake is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Forder Lake

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

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Forder Lake.

Forder Lake's best nearby country parks can be found at Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Don't miss Callington, Polperro, and St Ives's towns if visiting the area around Forder Lake.

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

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

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Forder Lake's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Forder Lake.

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

Forder Lake History

There are some historic monuments around Forder Lake:

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