Helston
Helston is a Town in the county of Cornwall.
There are great places to visit near Helston including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.
Helston is near some unmissable hiking areas like Tehidy,
Country Parks to visit near Helston include Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Helston best towns to visit near Helston.
Places near Helston feature a number of interesting hills including Kit Hill Country Park.
The area around Helston features a number of interesting villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.
The area around Helston'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 Helston if you like airports.
Helston History
There are some historic monuments around Helston:
Places to see near Helston
History of Helston
However, contributing to the belief of a port at Helston was the discovery of what some people believe to be slipways and mooring rings, during excavations around 1980. There was no known shipping from the sea after 1260, but before 1200, in ‘the 1182 record of Godric of Helleston paying a fine of ten marks for exporting his corn out of England from Helston without a licence.’ This could be considered the most significant piece of documentary evidence signifying Helston’s former port days, though it does not prove the case. At the time of Domesday Book, Gweek had no inhabitants whilst Helston was the largest settlement in the west of Cornwall, with 113 households. In 1837 a plan was drawn up to open Loe Pool to shipping using a pier to counteract siltation, but it was never carried out.
