Tintagel is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Tintagel

There are great places to visit near Tintagel 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 Tintagel like Tehidy.

The area around Tintagel 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 several good towns in the Tintagel area like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Tintagel is near some unmissable hills like Kit Hill Country Park,

Cremyll, and Botallack are some of Tintagel best villages to visit near Tintagel.

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

Tintagel's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Tintagel History

There are some historic monuments around Tintagel:

• Medieval churchyard cross 20m south of the Church of St Bruerdus, Churchtown
• Rock art at Rocky Valley, 150m north of Trevillett Mill
• Kerbed cairn on Alex Tor
• Standing stone 415m south west of Moorgate called 'Long Stone'
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system at Watergate
• The Long Cross, an early Christian memorial stone and medieval wayside cross, and a post-medieval guide post 400m north of Trelights
• Bowl barrow called Condolden Barrow
• Trevena Cross
• Wayside cross at Trevia Walls
• Forrabury Cross, 40m SSW of Forrabury church
• Three platform cairns 320m south-east of Moorgate
• Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
• Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church
• Romano-British and early medieval settlement, medieval church, castle and associated features on Tintagel Island and adjoining mainland
• Prehistoric hut circle and field system 440m south west of Treswallock Cottage
• Ring cairn 295m north west of Candra
• Hut circles near New Hall
• Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel
• An early Christian memorial stone 380m south east of Worthyvale Manor
• Iron Age defended settlement 500m north west of Higher Trevinnick
• Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm
• Hut circle 440yds (400m) SW of Candra
• Holy well in Michaelstow churchyard
• Round 410m west of Kenningstockmill
• Round 275m SSE of Little Delinuth
• Three wayside crosses in St Julitta's churchyard
• Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castle
• Round called Castle Goff
• Trevenning Cross and post-medieval guide post, 700m south west of Trevenning village
• Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyard
• Two hut circles 400m WSW of Furhouse
• Early medieval decorated and inscribed wayside cross shaft and base on Waterpit Down, 250m WSW of Hallwell Barton Bungalow
• Motte castle known as Bossiney Castle
• Medieval wayside cross at Fenterleigh crossroads, 750m south-east of Bossiney
• Trevalga Cross in Trevalga churchyard
• Hut circles 330yds (300m) SW of Henneward
• Churchyard cross in the cemetery at St Teath, 60m north west of the church
• Two stone hut circles 130m south east of Highsteps
• Round cairn 180m north of Trevarthian
• Medieval wayside cross in the churchyard at St Endellion
• Small multivallate hillfort called Tregeare Rounds
• The Castle Goff Stone and Valley Truckle Cross in St Julitta's churchyard
• Wayside cross 220m north west of Steppes Farm
• Stone hut circle settlement and part of a coaxial field system 940m north east of Newton
• The Trevia Cross, at Sportsmans
• Motte and bailey castle at Boscastle
• Bowl barrow 490m SSW of Tregatherall Farm