Penrose is a village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penrose

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

Places near Penrose feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Tehidy.

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

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Penrose if you like towns.

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

Villages to visit near Penrose include Cremyll, and Botallack.

Don't miss Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park's historic buildings if visiting the area around Penrose.

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are some of Penrose best airports to visit near Penrose.

Penrose History

There are some historic monuments around Penrose:

• Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood
• Three bowl barrows 500m SSW of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• 'Pixie's Hall'
• Two standing stones on Crousa Common, 890m WSW of Chywoone
• Round with annexe called 'Caer Vallack'
• Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon
• Multi-period archaeological landscape of settlements, field systems, flint working, salt working and pottery production 450m SSE of Trevarbeth
• Two barrows S of Crousa Common
• Earthwork 100yds (90m) ESE of Tregidden
• Cross in the Vicarage Garden
• Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall
• Round 600yds (550m) WNW of Helford
• Bowl barrow 480m south of Traboe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Cross 30m south of St Constantine's Church
• Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor
• Bowl barrow 300m south west of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Wayside cross in the churchyard of the parish church of Mabe, south of the church
• Two bowl barrows 200m north west of Fox Covert, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard
• Cast iron footbridge at Perran Mill
• Holy well of St Mawes, 80m east of St Mawes Methodist Church
• D-day landing craft maintenance site at Mylor harbour
• Wayside cross 100m south east of Tretheague House
• Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden
• Wayside cross 40m west of Helland House
• Round barrow 400yds (370m) NW of Traboe Cross
• Two bowl barrows 570m south west of Polkerth forming part of a larger round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Round 390m north east of Carwarthen
• Round barrow 230m south west of Killiganoon Manor
• Standing cross 300m south east of Trelissick
• Three round barrows 430m north east of Devichoys Barton
• Holy well 80m east of St Just Church
• Wayside cross at Nanjarrow
• Two crosses immediately west of St Budock Church
• Wayside cross 290m west of Trevales Farm
• Standing stone known as the Long Stone, 200m north east of Tremenheere
• Two bowl barrows 250m west of Silverwell Farm
• Round barrow 40m south west of Hilltop Cottage
• Wayside cross in St Peter's churchyard, Flushing
• Round 205m south of Goongillings
• Churchyard cross in St Mylor churchyard
• Wayside cross 230m south west of Trenlanvean Farm
• Three round barrows 500yds (460m) W of Polkerth
• Wayside cross 95m ESE of Trevales House
• Slight univallate hillfort immediately south west of Gear
• Round barrow 120m south east of Parkwood Hill
• Early 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castle
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Enys
• Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Round 280m south west of Trebowland
• College known as Glasney College, Penryn
• Pendennis peninsula fortifications
• Round 250m west of Flushing Cove
• Chapel enclosure 150yds (140m) S of Trelease Farm
• Three bowl barrows 650m SSW of Polkerth forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Round in Devichoys Wood 600yds (540m) S of Perran Wharf
• Medieval wayside cross 85m north east of Trewardreva Mill
• Round barrow 400m east of Parkwood Hill
• Bowl barrow at Roskruge Beacon
• Bowl barrow 315m ESE of Leech Pool, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
• Gunpowder storage complex at Kennall Vale
• Part of a promontory fort with Civil War fieldworks known as Little Dennis
• Wayside cross in Gwennap churchyard
• Standing stone in the churchyard of the parish church of Mabe, 10m south west of the church
• Cliff castle on Rosemullion Head
• Churchyard cross in Feock churchyard
• Portal dolmen known as 'The Three Brothers of Grugith'
• Ring ditch 200yds (180m) SW of Trelease Mill
• Iron Age defended settlement 250m north of Higher Trenower
• Gunpowder works at Kennall Vale
• Round barrow 350m north of Devichoys Barton
• Round 220m south east of The Level House
• Round 310m north of Carlannick
• Round 240m south east of Norways Farm
• Three wayside crosses 235m south east of Bosvathick
• St Mawes Castle