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