Gwallon is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Gwallon

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

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

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

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

Hills to visit near Gwallon include Kit Hill Country Park.

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

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

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

Gwallon History

There are some historic monuments around Gwallon:

• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
• Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
• Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
• Hut circles, Higher Bussow
• Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
• Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
• Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
• Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
• Trevarnon Round
• Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
• A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
• Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry
• Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
• Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
• Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans
• Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
• Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
• National Explosives
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Market cross
• Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• Penbeagle Cross
• Cross at Treassowe
• Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
• Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Medieval wayside cross at Paul
• Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
• Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
• Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
• Round called Lescudjack Castle
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Churchyard cross in St Ia's churchyard
• Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
• Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church