Ludgvan is a Town in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Ludgvan

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

Tehidy is a great place to visit close to Ludgvan if you like hiking areas.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Ludgvan best country parks to visit near Ludgvan.

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

There are a several good hills in the area around Ludgvan like Kit Hill Country Park.

Villages to visit near Ludgvan include Cremyll, and Botallack.

The area around Ludgvan's best historic buildings can be found at Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Ludgvan has some unmissable airports nearby like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Ludgvan History

There are some historic monuments around Ludgvan:

• Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
• Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
• Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
• Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
• Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
• A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
• Churchyard cross 25m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Churchyard cross and wayside cross in St Erth's churchyard
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
• Treen Common stone circle
• A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
• Wayside cross 40m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
• Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
• Hut circles, Higher Bussow
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
• Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
• Late C18-C19 mill complex, ropeworks and associated water management system immediately east of Millpond Avenue, Foundry
• Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
• Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
• Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
• Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
• Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
• Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
• Wayside cross 65m west of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
• Wayside cross 2m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
• Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
• Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
• National Explosives
• Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
• Market cross
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Two wayside crosses in St Hilary's churchyard
• Round called Lesingey Round
• St Erth Churchtown cross
• Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
• Wayside cross called The Mexico Cross, 250m north east of Riviere Farm, Phillack
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
• Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
• Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
• Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
• Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
• Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
• Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
• Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort, early Christian memorial stone and C19 landscaped paths at Carnsew
• Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
• Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
• Cross at Treassowe
• Holy well called Madron Well
• Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
• Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
• Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
• Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
• Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
• Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
• Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
• Medieval wayside cross at Paul
• Wayside cross 70m south of St Uny's Church, Lelant
• Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
• Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
• Early Christian memorial stone and cross slab in St Hilary's churchyard
• Churchyard cross in St Ia's churchyard
• Round called Lescudjack Castle
• An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
• Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Kerris Cross
• Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
• Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
• Boleigh fogou
• Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
• Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
• Penbeagle Cross
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church