St Ives Head

St Ives Head is a cape in , , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Ives railway station and Tate St Ives.

Railway station
is a railway station which serves the coastal town of , England. It was opened in 1877 as the terminus of the last new broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country.

Art gallery
is an art gallery in , , 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 , in 1980.

Museum
The and Sculpture Garden in , 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.

is a seaside resort and village in , England. It lies 1 mile southeast of , on the western coast of , on the Atlantic coast. The South West Coast Path passes above the beach.

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 River, approximately 9 mi south-east of the town of by road.

is a civil parish and village in , England, United Kingdom. takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Dark Ages, and is at the old crossing point of the .

St Ives Head

Latitude
50.2184° or 50° 13′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.477° or 5° 28′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C2P6G9F+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13368514088
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Man’s Head and The Belyars.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Nicholas’s Chapel, The Island and Porthgwidden Beach.

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