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St Ives is a delightful cobbled street town with charming craft shops, galleries and fisherman's cottages. The ancient town is rich with maritime history and has wonderful clean beaches, coastal scenery and beautiful gardens and most importantly a temperate summer climate perfect for a holiday stay or visit.
St Ives on the Penwith peninsular was the centre of Cornwall's fishing industry in the 1800's and by the time the pilchard reserves dried up in the early 1900's St Ives began attracting an artistic crowd. You can still see the daily catches of fish at Smeaton's Pier today and there are numerous art galleries dotted throughout the town. St Ives is a popular tourist destination and has no less than four sandy beaches and a picturesque harbour.
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| Picture of the Fishing Boats in St Ives harbour when the tide is out. | |
The town has a maze of alleys and lanes to explore which are packed with restaurants, bars and galleries. With its stunning location overlooking Porthmeor Beach is The Tate St Ives which is the towns artistic crowning glory displaying paintings, sculptures and ceramics many inspired by St Ives itself. A short distance from the Tate St Ives is The Barbara Hepworth Museum displaying works of Barbara Hepworth who was one of the foremost nonfigurative sculptors of her time and actually lived in the building from 1949 until 1975 you can also see examples of her work in several other galleries in the town.
Porthmeor Beach dominates the north of St Ives and with great rollers and excellent water quality is popular with surfers. Another popular spot for sunbathing and swimming is Porthminster Beach which lies at the south end of the town. More isolated but with great views is The Island or St Ives Head an undeveloped headland that separates the harbour and Porthgwidden Beach from Porthmeor Beach.
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| Picture of St Ives beautiful beach and harbour with picturesque blue calm sea. | |
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