South Pill is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in South Pill

There are great places to visit near South Pill 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 South Pill like Tehidy.

The area around South Pill boasts some of the best country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

There are a number of towns near South Pill including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

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

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

There are a several good airports in the South Pill area like Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

South Pill History

There are some historic monuments around South Pill:

• Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court
• Fort Stamford
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Stonehouse Town Wall
• Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights
• Knowle battery
• Firestone Bay artillery tower
• Ernesettle battery
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• The Royal Citadel mid 17th century bastioned artillery defence, incorporating late 16th century artillery fort and 18th century statue, on the Hoe
• Western Kings artillery tower
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery
• Round on Berry Down
• Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine
• Eastern King battery
• Bowl barrow immediately south of the cricket ground and pavilion in Mount Edgcumbe Park
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Civil War fieldworks at Inswork Point
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Crownhill Fort
• Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement
• Camp NE of Berra Tor
• Mount Batten: 17th century artillery tower, Civil War breastwork, and World War II remains
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Blockhouse at the Garden Battery
• Tregantle Fort
• Holy well called St Julian's Well
• Scraesdon Fort
• Hilltop enclosure known as Maristow Camp, 240m east of Middle Park House
• Slip No 1 (The Covered Slip), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Plymouth Castle (remains of)
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel
• Fort Bovisand
• Cawsand Fort
• Morwellham Quay: transport infrastructure, part of the water control system and a manganese mill
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Gawton arsenic mine and flue
• Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3
• Round at Berry Farm
• Breakwater fort
• Medieval churchyard cross in Callington churchyard
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Mount Pleasant Redoubt
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• The West Ropery (site of), South Yard, Devonport Dockyard
• Buckland Abbey
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
• Inswork Chapel
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Woodland fort
• The coastal fortifications of Drake's Island
• Agaton fort