Lower Penpol is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Lower Penpol

There are great places to visit near Lower Penpol including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

The area around Lower Penpol's best hiking areas can be found at Tehidy.

Lower Penpol has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

There are a several good towns in the Lower Penpol area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

The area close to Lower Penpol boasts some of the best hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

Lower Penpol has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Don't miss Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's historic buildings if visiting the area around Lower Penpol.

Don't miss Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport's airports if visiting the area around Lower Penpol.

Lower Penpol History

There are some historic monuments around Lower Penpol:

• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse, 19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point
• Largin Castle
• Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel
• Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Medieval churchyard cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 2m south of the church
• Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
• Fowey Blockhouse
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe
• Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore
• Medieval wayside cross in Lanteglos by Fowey churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
• Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Bowl barrow called 'Mabel Barrow', 400m south-west of Higher Polgassic
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Medieval wayside cross on Fore Street, Polruan
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm
• Polruan Blockhouse
• Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Lerryn Bridge
• Wayside cross called Killboy Cross
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Hall Rings
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• St Saviour's Chapel, Polruan
• Chapel at Hall
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery