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.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Penrose like 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.

The area around Penrose boasts some of the best towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Don't miss Kit Hill Country Park's hills if visiting the area around Penrose.

Penrose's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport are great places to visit near Penrose if you like airports.

Penrose History

There are some historic monuments around Penrose:

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