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Sketch map of St Ives Bay. St Ives Bay (Cornish: Roda Ia, meaning "Ia's anchorage") [1] is a bay on the Atlantic coast of north-west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is in the form of a shallow crescent, some 4 miles or 6 km across, between St Ives in the west and Godrevy Head in the east.
St Ives has been a popular tourist destination since the St Ives Bay Line opened in 1877, allowing visitors to easily get to the town. [46] St Ives has been named the best UK seaside town by The Guardian in 2007, [7] and by the British Travel Awards in 2010 and 2011. [3] [47] In 2020, St Ives was named the most expensive seaside resort in the ...
Sketch map showing Carbis Bay within St Ives Bay Carbis Bay from St Ives. Carbis Bay (Cornish: Karrbons, meaning "causeway") is a seaside resort and village in Cornwall, England. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of St Ives, on the western coast of St Ives Bay, on the Atlantic coast. [2] The South West Coast Path passes above the beach.
St Ives Bay showing Godrevy Head and Godrevy Island (top right) Godrevy Lighthouse at sunset, April 2007 From the Knavocks to Godrevy Point. Godrevy (Cornish: Godrevi, meaning small farms) (/ ɡ ə ˈ d r iː v i / gə-DREE-vee) [1] is an area on the eastern side of St Ives Bay, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which faces the Atlantic ...
The St Ives Bay Line is a 4.25 miles (6.84 km) railway line from St Erth to St Ives in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877, the last new 7 ft ( 2,134 mm ) broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country.
Gwithian (Cornish: Godhyan) [1] is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, in the Cornwall district, in west Cornwall, England.It is three miles (5 km) north-east of Hayle and four miles (6.5 km) east of St Ives, Cornwall across St Ives Bay. [2]
Carbis Bay railway station (Cornish: Porthreptor) is on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and serves the village and beach of Carbis Bay, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877. Carbis Viaduct is situated on the St Ives (west) side of the station.
Rising back onto low cliffs, the path rounds Carrack Gladden and enters Carbis Bay, it then follows alongside the St Ives Bay railway line into St Ives; a bustling town favoured by artists since the 19th century, which is home to the Tate St Ives art gallery and the Barbara Hepworth Museum. The path passes the east-facing Porthminster Beach and ...