Penwater is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Penwater

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

Tehidy is one of Penwater's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Penwater.

There are a several good country parks in the Penwater area like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Penwater has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

There are a several good villages in the Penwater area like Cremyll, and Botallack.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Penwater like Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

The area around Penwater boasts some of the best airports including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Penwater History

There are some historic monuments around Penwater:

• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
• Wayside cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard
• Stone hut circle 520m SSE of Carkeet Farm
• Wayside cross called Killboy Cross
• Chapel at Hall
• Platform cairn 450m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Churchyard cross in Cardinham churchyard, 5m south of the church
• Medieval transhumance hut on Draynes Common, 500m south-west of Westerlake Farm
• Temple Old Bridge with adjacent ford and causeway
• Round cairn on Draynes Common, 950m south-west of Lamelgate Farm
• Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm
• Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
• Medieval wayside cross at Blisland
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Stone hut circle 525m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Treslea Downs Cross 300m west of Mount
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Animal pound called Crowpound
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• Three bowl barrows 570m north east of Trewindle
• Cairn 485m WSW of Colquite Farm
• Treslea Cross, 750m ENE of Cardinham Church
• Platform cairn 460m SW of Colquite Farm
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm
• Prehistoric regular aggregate field system with incorporated enclosure and stone hut circles 550m NNW of Lamelgate Farm
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 825m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Council Barrow
• The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe
• Stone hut circle settlement with incorporating prehistoric irregular aggregate field system 600m SSE of Carkeet Farm
• Early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross in Cardinham churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Motte and bailey castle called Cardinham Castle
• Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard
• Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth
• Two platform cairns centred 485m SW of Colquite Farm
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Hall Rings
• Trewane Cross in St Neot churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
• Trezance Holy Well and chapel enclosure
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field boundaries, enclosure and cairn on Blacktor Downs
• Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm
• Hobbs Hill tin mine, openwork and lodeback tinwork 530m east and 160m north east of Chyseger Farm
• Hut circle 160yds (150m) N of West Northwood Farm
• Prehistoric settlements and field system with adjacent medieval settlement, field systems, boundaries and tin streamworks on the Brown Gelly Downs
• Round cairn 1.17km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Deserted medieval settlement and part of its associated field system on Redhill Downs
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Prehistoric round cairn 435m north of Furswain Farm
• Three adjacent stone hut circles 610m north-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Bury Castle
• Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
• Part of a medieval boundary dyke 220m east of Golitha House
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Banked cairn 950m west of Siblyback Farm
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Prehistoric field systems, enclosure, hut circles and rounds, with adjacent medieval settlement, longhouse and field system on Higher Langdon Farm
• Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park
• Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Platform cairn with central mound 720m south-east of Carkeet Farm
• Three stone hut circles with adjacent prehistoric field wall 660m north-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Five bowl barrows 550m north of Trewindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
• Bowl barrow called 'Mabel Barrow', 400m south-west of Higher Polgassic
• Prehistoric platform cairn 365m north of Furswain Farm
• Wayside cross 120m north west of Callywith
• Embanked platform cairn with central mound on Browngelly Downs, 680m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm
• Round cairn 1.1km north-west of Siblyback Farm
• Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Stone hut circle with incorporating prehistoric regular aggregate field system 810m SSE of Carkeet Farm
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Cross near Deviock Cottage
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Two early Christian memorial stones 195m north of Welltown
• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Largin Castle
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• Hut circle village 330yds (300m) W of West Northwood Farm
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs
• Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park
• Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore
• St Bellarmin's Chapel
• Churchyard cross immediately north east of the Parish Church
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon
• Platform cairn 690m south-east of Carkeet Farm
• Stone hut circle 565m north-west of Higher Langdon Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Prehistoric round cairn 425m north of Furswain Farm
• Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra
• Blacktor Downs irregular aggregate field system and clearance cairn
• Two round cairns, three enclosed and two open stone hut circle settlements, a rectangular enclosure and a medieval longhouse to the south of Carburrow Tor
• Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork
• Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Lerryn Bridge
• Hut circle group and enclosure NE of Carwen