Pendarves Woods
Pendarves woods were created in the early 19th Century as part of the grounds of the Pendarves Estate which included a lake and ornamental garden.
Originally the ornamental gardens included many colourful rhododendron hybrids grafted onto root stocks of common rhododendron in the ornamental gardens. In the 1970s the multicoloured flowers were still evident. Since then, the root stocks have out-competed the grafts and killed them off so now only purple common rhododendrons remain.
The woods are now owned by the Dutchy and have been managed as a nature reserve by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust since 1976.
On walks
- Giant's Quoit and Pendarves Wood (4.4 mile walk)