Markwell is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Markwell

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

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Markwell.

Markwell's best nearby country parks can be found at 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 Markwell if you like towns.

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

Markwell has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

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

Markwell History

There are some historic monuments around Markwell:

• Cross at Triffle Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Inswork Chapel
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Scraesdon Fort
• Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• Round at Berry Farm
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Cawsand Fort
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Tregantle Fort
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 10m ESE of the church
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Round on Berry Down
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 0.3m south of the church
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Iron Age defended settlement at Padderbury Top
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Medieval churchyard cross in Quethiock churchyard