St Ives Cornwall - Local & Tourist Information

St Ives - Local Information

This section contains useful and practical information about the town and various services.

The Beaches section has information about the four beaches within the town, plus those nearby along the coast.

The new Days Out section has details of places to go for a day out around St Ives and Cornwall.

The Map section links into Google Maps. This will bring up an overall map of the town at a fairly high level of detail. Use the zoom and navigation buttons to get more detail. You can use the Search box to locate a particular street using a street name or postcode.

The Weather section links into the Met. Office five day weather forecast for the town. This is the best and most detailed forecast you can get online.

Use the Webcam St Ives link on the main menu to see several St Ives webcams including the three positioned at the National Coastwatch lookout on The Island, with superb views over St Ives Bay.

Please do email or send in details of anything else you think should be included here.

St Ives - Tourist Information

St Ives Tourist Information Office
This is located at St Ives Guildhall in the centre of town. They can provide information about the town, local events and available accommodation. They also sell a range of guidebooks, maps and other books about St Ives.

The staff there are really friendly and helpful so get in touch if you need to know anything or need help. Call the number below, email or visit in person:

Opening Times: June - September
Mon. - Fri. 9.00 - 17:30, Sat. 9.00 -17.00, Sun. 10.00 -16.00
Opening Times: October - May
Mon. - Fri. 9.00 - 17:00, Sat. 10.00 -13.00, Sun. Closed

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St Ives - Shopping

St Ives Beef
Based at Trevalgan Farm, a small family farm which lies on the cliffs just outside St. Ives. All their free range, traditionally reared cattle are born and raised within 4 miles of St. Ives. During their life at Trevalgan they roam freely and graze naturally on grass and home grown forage crops.

This means Trevalgan cattle produce some of the tastiest, most succulent beef you will ever taste.

They run a Box Scheme and can deliver to your home or holiday cottage. Your box will contain a selection of tender, succulent cuts of meat all especially selected. You can order any weight you wish from 3kg upwards.

If you would like more information, prices or to purchase from St. Ives Beef please contact them via the website (link below).

St Ives Beef Website

St Ives - Internet Access

Free Internet Access
There are currently a few places in the centre of St Ives that offer free Internet access/ Internet Cafe facilities.

The Western Hotel on Royal Square and Blue Bar on the harbour offer free wireless access for your laptop. You can log on while enjoying a drink or a meal.

St Ives library has a number of Internet terminals downstairs, available on a first come first served basis. They also have more terminals upstairs in a dedicated facility, but you have to pay a small charge to use these (more details of the library below).

Below is a link to hotels and guest houses in St Ives which offer broadband internet access.

Broadband Internet St Ives

St Ives - Video

St Ives - Hurricane Gordon - 21st September 2006
Filmed an edited by Anna Chen with a wonderful soundtrack, this shows views of the town as the tail end of the hurricane hits.

Some great shots of the harbour and beaches as the storm waves come crashing in. You'll be pleased to know that St Ives survived pretty much unscathed.

Anna Chen Website

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St Ives - Library

St Ives Library
Housed in a newly renovated building in the centre of town, they have books, CDs, DVDs, videos, talking books and computer games. These are available for both local members and visitors who have a library card from their home library.

There are four computers with Internet access available for use in the reception area.

On first floor there is a computer room with a further 12 computers with Internet access.

St Ives Library Website

St Ives - Churches

Church of the Vine
Local Elim Church, all are most welcome. They meet at St Ives Infants School every Sunday at 10.30 and at Hellesveor Chapel at 18.30. They also meet during the week at members' homes and other venues - see their website for details.

The church is raising funds for a new church and community centre in St Ives. They need to raise more than £1M and have set up a website to raise funds, where you can buy a "Piece of St Ives".

Church of the Vine Website

Piece of St Ives Website

St Ives - Sports Clubs

St Ives Sailing Club
The club is based near St Ives Harbour and they sail through the spring and summer on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons.

They have a boat pen at the back of the Sloop car park. They have basic changing facilities in the hut there and on sailing days they also enjoy use of the Shamrock Lodge on the Wharf which is a great place to swap tales of adventure at sea over a mug of tea or coffee.

Whilst the primary activity of the club is racing, they set aside a number of days each year for 'Fun' sailing, when they can take friends and family out into the bay - and try to find some dolphins!

As serious as the racing sometimes gets, they are essentially a small and friendly club, and visitors are always welcome. If you are already a sailor, holidaying in the area and wish to bring your boat, please come and join them on race days. They can sometimes find space in the pen for an extra boat or so, and like racing against new faces (unless you're too fast!).

St Ives Sailing Club Website

St Ives Cricket Club
They currently have three teams that play in the Cornwall Cricket Leagues. Home matches are played at St Ives School.

Their website has details of teams, fixtures, match statistics and the latest club news.

They are seeking matchball sponsors for this season, in particular to fund their programme to develop young players. This costs just £25.00 and the club are offering an excellent sponsorship package. Contact Dave Noall on 01209 217832 for more details, or see their website.

St Ives Cricket Club Website

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