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.

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

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

Towns to visit near Penponds include Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Places near Penponds feature a number of interesting hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

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

Penponds is near some unmissable historic buildings like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park,

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

Penponds History

There are some historic monuments around Penponds:

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