Gwavas is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Gwavas postcode: TR13 0BY

Retail in Gwavas

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

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

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Gwavas if you like country parks.

The area around Gwavas features a number of interesting towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Gwavas is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

Villages to visit near Gwavas include Cremyll, and Botallack.

The area around Gwavas's best historic buildings can be found at Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Gwavas History

There are some historic monuments around Gwavas:

• Trevarnon Round
• Later prehistoric to Roman round incorporating contemporary fogou at Halliggye
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Bowl barrow 230m east of Trewirgie Farm
• Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
• Trevena Cross
• Mawgan Cross early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Bowl barrow 210m NNE of Holifield Farm
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Round, medieval chapel, burial ground and standing cross 60m south east of Merthyr Uny House
• Part of the mining complex associated with Marriott's Shaft once part of South Wheal Francis tin and copper mine
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• Cliff castle W of Gunwalloe Church
• Two wayside crosses, south and east of Bonallack Barton
• Round 530m ESE of Treloskan
• A holed stone known as 'The Tolvan Stone' at Tolvan Cross
• Medieval wayside cross base, 10m south of Gunwalloe church
• Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
• Mortar outcrop at Trenear, 9m north east of Poldark Mine entrance
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Romano-British defended settlement 340m ESE of Grambla
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
• Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Three bowl barrows 500m SSW of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Three bowl barrows 815m north west of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Wayside cross 160m south of Trevease Farm
• Churchyard cross in Cury churchyard
• Two round barrows on Pedngwinian Head
• Three round barrows 350yds (320m) E of Burnoon
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• 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
• Wayside cross in Gunwalloe churchyard, 0.75m east of the church
• Two bowl barrows and one platform barrow between 600m and 830m south east of Trudnoe Farm
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Bowl barrow at Beeswing
• Three bowl barrows 350m north of Poldhu Cove
• Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm
• Three bowl barrows 245m north west of Gregwartha Cottage
• Round 200m north east of Burncoose
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Two round barrows on Goonhilly Downs 600yds (550m) NE of Trenoon
• Small stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' 60m east of Carthew House
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Slight univallate hillfort immediately south west of Gear
• Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Bodilly Cross, at Bodilly Veor
• Standing stone 100m west of Lezerea Farm
• Meruny Cross, 200m SSW of Merther-Uny Farm
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Round 260m south of Tenament Farm
• Bowl barrow on Boskenwyn Downs, 510m east of Lower Boskenwyn
• Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Melaine's churchyard