Retire is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Retire

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

There are a number of hiking areas near to Retire including Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are some of Retire best country parks to visit near Retire.

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

The area close to Retire boasts some of the best hills including Kit Hill Country Park.

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

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

Retire has some unmissable airports nearby like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Retire History

There are some historic monuments around Retire:

• Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
• Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct
• Wayside cross at Bodwannick Manor Farm
• Ruthern Bridge with adjacent ford
• Holy well NW of Roche Station
• Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm
• Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
• The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Disc barrow 485m south west of Pawtonsprings
• Wayside cross in Luxulyan churchyard
• Fenton Pits Cross, 210m WSW of Penburthen Farm
• Medieval wayside cross in St Mabyn churchyard
• Helland Bridge
• Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow
• Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
• The Prior's Cross at Washaway
• Wayside cross 55m north east of Laninval House
• Wayside cross in the grounds of Pencarrow, 130m SSE of Pencarrow House
• Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.46m east of the church porch
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 30m north of the church
• Eight round barrows north of Scotland Corner, 980m south west of Pawton Gate Farm
• The Three Holes Cross 550m west of Sandylands Farm
• Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Killibury Castle later Prehistoric hillfort
• Wayside cross, 6m south of St Mary's Church, Par
• Medieval chapel of St Thomas Becket 45m east of the church, Priory Road in Bodmin
• Slight univallate hillfort in Dunmere Wood 235m WNW of Crabb's Pool
• Roman fort called 'Nanstallon Roman fort' 135m south west of Tregear
• Round 310m east of Carloggas Moor Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds
• Longstone on Longstone Downs
• Part of the china clay works known as Wheal Martyn
• Standing stone 815m west of St Breock Downs Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort, stone hut circle settlement and field system at Helman Tor
• Wayside cross 330m NNW of Higher Woodley
• Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
• Woodley Cross, opposite Fernside Farm
• Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs
• Late medieval and 19th century bridge at Wadebridge
• Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.16m west of the church porch
• Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow
• Churchyard cross in Lanivet churchyard, 5m west of the church
• Portal dolmen 400m north east of Lesquite Farm
• Bowl barrow 540m WSW of St Breock Downs Farm
• Burial chamber on St Breock Downs
• Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm
• Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock
• Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
• Wayside cross in the grounds of the former Rectory at Withiel, 70m south-west of the house
• St Cyor's well house
• Earlier prehistoric hillfort and round cairn at St Stephen's Beacon
• Two bowl barrows 385m south east of Higher Tregolls
• Three bowl barrows 200m north west of Pawtonsprings
• A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth
• Standing cross in St Dennis churchyard
• Early Christian memorial stone at Nanscowe Farm
• Tregargus stone grinding mill No 2
• Standing stone 135m north west of Menear Farm
• Multi-span bridge called Trewornan Bridge
• Iron Age defended settlement called Penhargard Castle
• Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs
• St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm
• Lesquite Cross, 160m NNW of Lesquite Farm
• Berrycombe Cross, on the north side of Berrycombe Road at its junction with Cardell Road
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Wadebridge
• Cross head N of Tregony Farm
• A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm
• St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding cairn
• Bowl barrow 200m north east of Gonvena House
• The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows
• A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon
• Dovecote 90m SSE of Trevanion House
• Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
• Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm