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.
There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Helston like Tehidy.
Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Helston if you like country parks.
Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Helston if you like towns.
Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Helston if you like hills.
There are a number of villages near Helston including Cremyll, and Botallack.
There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Helston like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
Helston has some unmissable airports nearby like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.
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.
