Gwinear Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Gwinear Downs

There are great places to visit near Gwinear Downs 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 Gwinear Downs.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Gwinear Downs best country parks to visit near Gwinear Downs.

Gwinear Downs's best nearby towns can be found at Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Don't miss Kit Hill Country Park's hills if visiting the area around Gwinear Downs.

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

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

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are great places to visit near Gwinear Downs if you like airports.

Gwinear Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Gwinear Downs:

• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Bodilly Cross, at Bodilly Veor
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• Iron Age defended settlement 550m east of Feadon Farm
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• Coastguard look-out tower and landmark 240m north of Portreath Harbour
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Minor Romano British villa 100m south east of Magor Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Wayside cross at the junction between Cross Street and Church Street, Helston
• Round 680m east of Gwealavellan Farm
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Part of a cliff castle called Crane Castle
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Round in North Cliff Plantation 800yds (730m) NW of Tehidy Hospital
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• East Pool Mine
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Churchyard cross in St Illogan churchyard
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Wayside cross and cross slab in St Michael's churchyard
• Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Trevena Cross
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• National Explosives
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Trevarnon Round
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm