Pentewan is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Pentewan postcode: PL26 6DA

Retail in Pentewan

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Pentewan include Tehidy.

Country Parks to visit near Pentewan include Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are some of Pentewan best towns to visit near Pentewan.

Kit Hill Country Park is one of Pentewan's best, nearby hills to visit in Pentewan.

Don't miss Cremyll, and Botallack's villages if visiting the area around Pentewan.

Historic Buildings to visit near Pentewan include Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

The area around Pentewan features a number of interesting airports including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Pentewan History

There are some historic monuments around Pentewan:

• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• Menacuddle Well
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Later prehistoric cliff castle, two prehistoric round barrows, medieval field system, and associated remains on Dodman Point
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round
• Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton
• Wayside cross at Beacon Cross, 265m east of Lanuah
• Fair Cross, 420m WNW of Tregidgeo Farm
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• St Cyor's well house
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Medieval cross base at St Ewe
• Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm
• Defensive enclosure at Castle Hill
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Promontory fort at Black Head