Pempwell is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Pempwell

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

The area close to Pempwell boasts some of the best hiking areas including Tehidy.

There are a number of country parks near Pempwell including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Pempwell is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

There are a several good villages in the Pempwell area like Cremyll, and Botallack.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Pempwell including Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Pempwell's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Pempwell History

There are some historic monuments around Pempwell:

• Holy Well at Rezare
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett
• Iron Age defended settlement in Dunterue Wood, 570m south of Castle Head
• Early medieval urban burh remains E of St Stephen's parish church, including remains of the early medieval Christian enclosure and monastery
• Prince of Wales Mine at Harrowbarrow
• Round called Killabury
• Round barrows on Hingston Down
• Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine
• Holmbush Mine: Hitchen's Shaft complex
• Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal
• Medieval churchyard cross in Callington churchyard
• Launceston Castle motte, bailey and shell keep
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Castle Head promontory fort
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 10m ESE of the church
• Holmbush Mine: Windsor Lane rotative engine house with adjacent boiler house, loadings and platform
• Enclosure on Kit Hill
• Dunheved Cross, 80m west of Launceston Hospital
• Camp E of Brockle
• The South Hill inscribed stone, an early Christian memorial stone in South Hill churchyard, 50m west of St Sampson's Church
• Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine
• Late medieval packhorse bridge 35m north of St Thomas's Church, Newport
• St Mellor's Well
• Medieval hall and St Mary Magdalene's Chapel at Trecarrell
• Bowl barrow 60m north-west of Tamar View Farm
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Horse Bridge
• Two bowl barrows 185m east of Tamar View Farm
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett
• Southgate, Launceston
• Medieval churchyard cross in Quethiock churchyard
• Part of Launceston Priory 50m south-east of St Thomas' Church
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage
• Medieval churchyard cross-head and medieval cross-shaft in St Mary Magdalene's churchyard
• Hilltop enclosure 100m north east of Castle Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 0.3m south of the church
• Round at Berry Farm