Tregonning Hill
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Germoe war memorial, on the summit of the hill | |
| Location | Cornwall |
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| Grid reference | SW602296 |
| Coordinates | 50°07′06″N 5°21′18″W / 50.1184°N 5.3551°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 5.21 hectares (0.05 km2; 0.02 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1994 |
| Natural England website | |
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.