St Mellion is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

St Mellion postcode: PL12 6RG

Retail in St Mellion

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

The area close to St Mellion boasts some of the best hiking areas including Tehidy.

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

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

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

Villages to visit near St Mellion include Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to St Mellion if you like historic buildings.

There are a number of airports near St Mellion including Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

St Mellion History

There are some historic monuments around St Mellion:

• Ernesettle battery
• Trehan Cross, at Trehan village
• Morwellham Quay: transport infrastructure, part of the water control system and a manganese mill
• Dupath holy well, 45m NNE of Dupath Farm
• Westcott Cross, 480m south east of Westcott Lodge
• Holmbush Mine: Hitchen's Shaft complex
• Scraesdon Fort
• The South Hill inscribed stone, an early Christian memorial stone in South Hill churchyard, 50m west of St Sampson's Church
• Civil War battery at Wearde Quay
• Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross
• Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay
• Bullpoint gunpowder magazines and camber
• Round on Berry Down
• Medieval churchyard cross in Callington churchyard
• Holmbush Mine: Windsor Lane rotative engine house with adjacent boiler house, loadings and platform
• Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine
• Two round barrows on Viverdon Down
• Trematon Castle, a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle
• Round with annexe 530m north east of Lower Padreda
• Enclosure on Kit Hill
• Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal
• Medieval chapel at Erth Barton
• Slight univallate hillfort called Cadson Bury
• Medieval chapel in the grounds of Shillingham Manor
• D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier
• Round at Berry Farm
• Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine
• Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine
• Bohetherick lime kiln with adjacent quay and ancillary buildings, 140m south east of Cotehele Bridge
• New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett
• Horse Bridge
• Henge 315m north west of Westcott
• Stump Cross, 600m west of Sheviock Barton
• Agaton fort
• Two bowl barrows 185m east of Tamar View Farm
• Round barrows on Hingston Down
• Prince of Wales Mine at Harrowbarrow
• Gawton arsenic mine and flue
• Bowl barrow 60m north-west of Tamar View Farm