Mountains & hills · South West England
Tregonning Hill
In or near St Hilary.
Tregonning Hill — Named summit at 194 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Nearest railway station
- Prospidnick Halt · 4.7 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Tregonning Hill, the nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, located 4.7 km away. Entry is free, and the postcode for sat-nav is TR13 9TE.
About
Tregonning Hill is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 194 m.". Coordinates: 50.1218°, -5.3598°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Tregonning Hill SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Tregonning Hill is the westerly of two granite hills overlooking Mount's Bay in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the other being Godolphin Hill. They are approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of the town of Helston. The Plymouth chemist William Cookworthy mixed china stone with kaolin, mined from the hill to make Plymouth porcelain in 1768; which was the first time hard-paste porcelain was made in Britain. Part of the hill is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and at the date of notification (1994) was the only known site of western rustwort (Marsupella profunda) in Great Britain. In July 2023 the hill was listed by Estate Agents for £150,000 and bought by the Cornwall Heritage Trust in November.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
On the top of the hill is Castle Pencaire, an Iron Age hillfort, two rounds and a field system which are all scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, as a ″multi-period archaeological landscape″. Due to scrub and tree growth it is in a poor condition and is on Historic England's, Heritage at Risk Register. The grade II listed Germoe war memorial is on the summit of the hill within the hillfort.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.1218, -5.3598
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Germoe
- Postcode
- TR13 9TE
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Nearest railway station
- Prospidnick Halt — 4.7 km
Sources
- osm: n5339402244 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tregonning Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Germoe War Memorial, Tregonning Hill - geograph.org.uk - 233479.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tregonning Hill?
- Tregonning Hill is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR13 9TE), in the parish of Germoe.
- What is Tregonning Hill?
- Tregonning Hill — Named summit at 194 m.
- How do I get to Tregonning Hill?
- The nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, about 4.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode TR13 9TE.
- Is Tregonning Hill a protected site?
- Yes — Tregonning Hill is part of the Tregonning Hill SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Tregonning Hill free to visit?
- Yes, Tregonning Hill is free to enter.
- How do I get to Tregonning Hill?
- The nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, about 4.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR13 9TE.