Prideaux is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Prideaux

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

Prideaux is near some unmissable hiking areas like Tehidy,

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

There are a several good towns in the Prideaux area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Kit Hill Country Park is a great place to visit close to Prideaux if you like hills.

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

The area around Prideaux's best historic buildings can be found at Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

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

Prideaux History

There are some historic monuments around Prideaux:

• Two wayside crosses in the park surrounding Menabilly
• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Restormel Castle: motte, bailey and shell keep
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn
• Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Two bowl barrows 535m ENE of Fairy Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs
• Medieval wayside cross base 550m WNW of Lanhadron Farm
• Cross in grounds of Trenython
• Churchyard cross in Lanhydrock churchyard
• St Saviour's Chapel, Polruan
• Polruan Blockhouse
• Bowl barrow 145m north west of Bodmin Lodge forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Wayside cross on Druid's Hill, 350m south east of Bodmin Lodge
• Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• St Cyor's well house
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Wayside cross 35m south of Heligan House
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin
• Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard
• St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse, 19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point
• Tawna Downs round barrows
• Ruthern Bridge with adjacent ford
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Trethew
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Multi-span bridge known as Respryn Bridge
• Four bowl barrows on Bofarnel Downs forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Menacuddle Well
• Promontory fort at Black Head
• Fowey Blockhouse
• Wayside cross in St Nectan's chapel yard
• Roman fortlet 440m south west of Restormel Farm
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Chapel Well, Towan
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Medieval wayside cross 300m NW of Trevorry Farm
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 8m south of the chapel
• Large multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle Canyke', 375m SSW of Castle Canyke Farmhouse
• Lantern cross and grave slab immediately south of St Bartholomew's Church
• Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel
• Bowl barrow 430m south west of Fairy Cross Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Crewel Cross, at No Man's Land
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Three bowl barrows 590m south west of Bedwindle forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• Round called Castle Gotha
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Medieval wayside cross on Fore Street, Polruan