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.
Places near Helston feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Tehidy.
The area around Helston features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.
There are a several good towns in the Helston area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.
There are a several good hills in the area around Helston like Kit Hill Country Park.
Helston's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.
Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Helston's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Helston.
The area around Helston features a number of interesting airports including 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.
