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.

Lower Penpol is near some unmissable hiking areas like Tehidy,

There are a several good country parks in the Lower Penpol area like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Lower Penpol if you like towns.

Kit Hill Country Park is one of Lower Penpol's best, nearby hills to visit in Lower Penpol.

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

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Lower Penpol's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Lower Penpol.

The area around Lower Penpol features a number of interesting airports including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Lower Penpol History

There are some historic monuments around Lower Penpol:

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