Tregonning Hill
This circular walk climbs to Tregonning Hill near the town of Helston in Cornwall.
You can start the walk on the country lane at Balwest where you can pick up a footpath leading up to the hill top. The path then bends round to return you to the country lane, creating a short circular walk. On the hill there's heathland, an Iron Age hillfort and a grade II listed Germoe war memorial to see. There's also fine views over the Cornish countryside to the coast a few miles to the west. You can view a list of the visible landmarks on the handy Topograph at the top. These include Lizard Point and the neighbouring hills of Carn Brea and St Agnes Beacon.
The hill is located just south of the Godolphin Estate which provides the perfect opportunity for extending your walk. You could head about a mile north to climb Godolphin Hill for more great views.
Tregonning Hill Ordnance Survey Map 
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Tregonning Hill Open Street Map 
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Tregonning Hill OS Map 
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Tregonning Hill Open Street Map 
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Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby
Photos
The way up Tregonning Hill, Balwest. This is just up from the road through Balwest, where this lane leaves it just by a little green. With one of the ubiquitous Cornish Hydrangeas in magnificent bloom on the right.
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Trig point on Tregonning Hill. In the 18th century stone mined from the hill was used to make Plymouth porcelain. This was the first time porcelain was made in Europe.
Topograph at the Trig Point. A topograph placed on top of the trig point, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth in 2002. Some people may describe this as a toposcope, but the inscription on it describes it as a topograph. It is also worth looking at the Latitude and Longitude given on it - which would be somewhere in Africa.
Germoe War Memorial. The war memorial for the parish of Germoe marks the summit of Tregonning Hill, at 194 metres above sea level. That doesn't sound very high, but its higher than the rest of the land nearby, and the hill gives excellent views of the north and south coasts, Mounts Bay, The Lizard etc.
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Another view of the Germoe War Memorial with yellow gorse in the foreground and the sea in the background.
Tregonning Farm. In the distance are the hills and waste tips of the china clay workings.
Down the steps on from the hill. The path to the top of the hill goes down a few steps before going up again to the top.
Junction of path on the hill. Behind me is the path from Balwest, ahead is the path to Tregonning, and to the left is the path to the top of the hill.