St. Ives
St Ives is a seaside town on the north coast of West Cornwall, near Penzance. In 2011 its population was 11,226. This fishing village grew up into a seaside resort, and has long attracted artists.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Ives railway station and Tate St Ives.
St Ives railway station
Railway station
St Ives railway station is a railway station which serves the coastal town of St Ives, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1877 as the terminus of the last new broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country.
Tate St Ives
Art gallery
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, in 1980.
Barbara Hepworth Museum
Museum
The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives, Cornwall preserves the 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth's studio and garden much as they were when she lived and worked there.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbis Bay and Hayle.
Carbis Bay
Carbis Bay is a seaside resort and village in Cornwall, England. It lies 1 mile southeast of St Ives, on the western coast of St Ives Bay, on the Atlantic coast. The South West Coast Path passes above the beach.Hayle
Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in the Penwith district of West Cornwall. The town, whose name is derived from the Cornish heyl, meaning estuary, is situated at the southern end of St Ives Bay on the estuary of the Hayle River, approximately 9 mi south-east of the town of St Ives by road.St. Ives
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.1968° or 50° 11′ 49″ north
Longitude
-5.4787° or 5° 28′ 44″ west
Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)
Open location code
9C2P5GWC+PG
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