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.

There are a number of hiking areas near to Lower Penpol including Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Lower Penpol if you like country parks.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Lower Penpol best towns to visit near Lower Penpol.

Lower Penpol is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

Lower Penpol's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.

The area close to Lower Penpol boasts some of the best historic buildings including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Airports to visit near Lower Penpol include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Lower Penpol History

There are some historic monuments around Lower Penpol:

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