St Germans is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

St Germans postcode: PL12 5LN

Retail in St Germans

There are great places to visit near St Germans 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 St Germans like Tehidy.

The area around St Germans features a number of interesting country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Towns to visit near St Germans include Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

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

St Germans's best nearby villages can be found at Cremyll, and Botallack.

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

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

St Germans History

There are some historic monuments around St Germans:

• Medieval wayside cross at Crafthole
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 0.3m south of the church
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Whitesand Bay (or Tregonhawke) battery
• Scraesdon Fort
• Royal Commission Fortification: unfinished battery at Knatterbury
• Round on Berry Down
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Inswork Chapel
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block
• Iron Age defended settlement at Padderbury Top
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• Medieval wayside cross in St Ivo's churchyard, 10m ESE of the church
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Medieval churchyard cross in Quethiock churchyard
• Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross
• Tregantle Fort
• Cross at Triffle Farm
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda
• Dovecot 520m north-east of Whitsand Bay Hotel