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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 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 Ocean.
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.
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]
The St. Charles Air Line Bridge is a Strauss Trunnion bascule bridge which spans the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. Built as part of the St. Charles Air Line Railroad by the American Bridge Company in 1919, the bridge originally had a span of 260 feet (79 m). This bridge held the world record for longest bascule-type span until 1930, when ...
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 ...
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St Ives is an historic fishing port in west Cornwall and offers a sheltered harbour for ships in the open waters of the Western Approaches.On 24 December 1838 the schooner Rival was trying to enter the harbour in a gale but came to grief on one of its piers; despite lacking proper rescue boats and equipment five people were saved after much courage and effort by the people ashore.