St Ives

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St Ives is a seaside resort, and now a major holiday resort in the Penwith district of Cornwall. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne.

Porthmeor beach (above, being overlooked by the Tate Gallery) is St Ives' major surfing area, and is overlooked by holiday apartments. In 1993, a branch of the Tate Gallery, the Tate St.Ives, opened here. The Tate also looks after the Barbera Hepworth museum and Sculpture Garden. St.Ives is largely now made up of cafes, restaurants, surf shops and holiday homes, a lot of which depend heavily on tourism.

courtesy of www.ocean-image.com

Every year in mid September there is the now famous St Ives September Festival. The St Ives September Festival is one of the longest running and widest ranging Festival of the Arts in the UK. It lasts 15 days and includes all aspects of Art from Music (including Folk, Jazz, Rock, Classical & World) Poetry, Film, Talks and Books. Many of the local artists in the town open up their private studios to allow visitors to see exactly how their art is produced. There is free music in many pubs in the town on almost every night, as well as large concerts. The Festival attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world to St Ives for the Festival Fortnight. Listings are provided on the link below

The town certainly knows how to party, and is recognised globally for it's New Years Eve celebrations, which have in the past attracted up to 20,000 partygoers roaming throughout the streets.

St.Ives photography by Adam Gibbard

Transport Links and How to get to St.Ives

St.Ives train station is linked to the Paddington to Penzance main rail route via the St.Ives branch line which runs regular services to St.Erth station.

A park-and-ride facility for visitors to St.Ives runs from Lelant Saltings train station.