Penponds is a village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penponds

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

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

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

Penponds's best nearby towns can be found at Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

The area around Penponds's best hills can be found at Kit Hill Country Park.

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

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

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

Penponds History

There are some historic monuments around Penponds:

• Bowl barrow 230m east of Trewirgie Farm
• Round 275m WNW of Nanterrow Farm
• Medieval chapel called St Govian's Chapel, 200m south east of Gwithian Bridge
• Multi-period archaeological landscape on Tregonning Hill
• Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House
• Godrevy Headland - complex of prehistoric sites
• Wayside cross-head in Phillack churchyard, south west of the church
• Wayside cross in Gwinear churchyard, 5m north of the church
• Rectangular camp SW of Trevarnon Round
• East Pool Mine
• Churchyard cross in Gwithian churchyard
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure with later settlement and defensive structures, a prehistoric field system, a medieval castle and deer park and mineral workings on Carn Brea
• Standing stone 100m west of Lezerea Farm
• Wayside cross-head in Gwinear churchyard, east of the church
• Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church
• Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
• Wayside cross in St John's churchyard, Treslothan
• Round 680m east of Gwealavellan Farm
• Round cairn with later shelter and beacon known as Beacon Hut, 430m NNW of Wheal Lovell Farm
• Wayside cross and cross-base in Camborne churchyard, 10m south west of the church
• Iron Age defended settlement 550m east of Feadon Farm
• Three bowl barrows 245m north west of Gregwartha Cottage
• Cross 140yds (130m) E of Pendarves Farm
• Betty Adit tailings works, 170m south west of Harley Farm
• Round cairn and kerbed cairn 300m north east of Blackrock Farm
• The remains of the Chapel of St Ia and adjacent cell
• Roseworthy Arsenic Works, 700m west of Cornhill Farm
• Wayside cross at Trenethick Barton
• Trevena Cross
• Polmenor Cross in Gwinear churchyard, 12m north of the church
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 180m north of Halvanance Farm
• Medieval chapel and enclosures 570m north west of Wheal Freedom
• Minor Romano British villa 100m south east of Magor Farm
• Three wayside crosses in the grounds of Clowance
• Round at Castle Kayle Farm
• Round 520m north west of Trevissick Farm
• Part of the mining complex of Wheal Basset and Grylls Mine called Tyack's Shaft
• Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House
• National Explosives
• Meruny Cross, 200m SSW of Merther-Uny Farm
• Round in North Cliff Plantation 800yds (730m) NW of Tehidy Hospital
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Grenville and East Wheal Grenville Mines 210 north west of Newton Moor Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Illogan churchyard
• An early Christian memorial stone and a wayside cross in Phillack churchyard, south east of the church
• Round cairn 185m NNW of Old Hilltop Farm
• Mortar outcrop at Trenear, 9m north east of Poldark Mine entrance
• Wayside cross and cross-base immediately north east of the Donald Thomas Daycare Centre, 180m east of St Meriadoc and St Martin's Church
• Small stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' 60m east of Carthew House
• Linear earthworks, probably 17th century, W of Godrevy
• Part of a mining complex 210m south of Nancegollan Farm
• Romano-British defended settlement 340m ESE of Grambla
• Pengersick Castle and associated building platform
• Part of the mining complex at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville Mines, 410m south west of Newton Moor Farm
• Part of the mining complex associated with Marriott's Shaft once part of South Wheal Francis tin and copper mine
• Churchyard cross in Phillack churchyard, south of the church
• Side and King's Garden at Godolphin House
• Multi-period prehistoric settlement sites and associated field systems at Godrevy Towans
• Trevarnon Round
• Coastguard look-out tower and landmark 240m north of Portreath Harbour
• Portal dolmen called The Giant's Quoit at Carwynnen
• Wayside cross in Camborne churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Kerbed cairn called Hangman's Barrow
• Round with medieval re-use as a manor house at Crane Godrevy, 650m south east of Godrevy Farm
• Part of the mining complex at Wheal Peevor
• Cross in forecourt of Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
• Enclosures E of Gurlyn
• Part of a cliff castle called Crane Castle
• Bodilly Cross, at Bodilly Veor
• The Tolgus arsenic works 80m south east of East Tolgus House
• Wayside Cross at Camborne Park Recreation Ground