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Summer in St Ives

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Summer in St Ives is a 4-day public trip in St Ives, United Kingdom on Be Outside, organised by @beoutside, with 11 planned activities.

Beaches, the coast path, galleries and a lot of seafood around St Ives and West Penwith.

Manchester, United KingdomSt Ives, United Kingdom

Dates
Sometime in Summer
Length
4 days
Planned
11 activities
Sets off
Any time

How do you get to St Ives, United Kingdom?

Setting off from Manchester, United Kingdom — the organiser hasn’t picked how yet.

Weather

Where does the trip stop?

At 11 places, from Porthmeor Beach to St Michael's Mount.

What’s the plan, day by day?

4 days with 11 planned activities, in the order below.

Day 1

  1. 15m · 3.7 km from base
  2. No time setPorthmeor Beach, St. Ives, United KingdomBig surf beach below the Tate. A swim and a sit after the drive down.
  3. 5m · 800 mout of date
  4. No time setBarbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, Barnoon Hill, St. Ives, United KingdomHer studio and garden, left as she had them. Small, quiet and lovely.
  5. 4m · 1.0 kmout of date
  6. No time setPorthminster Cafe, Primrose Valley Road Overbridge, St. Ives, United KingdomSeafood right on the sand. Book ahead in summer.

Day 2

  1. 2m · 800 mout of date
  2. No time setZennor, United KingdomAbout 6 miles of the wildest bit of the South West Coast Path. Bus 300 back to St Ives.
  3. 15m · 8.6 kmout of date
  4. No time setThe Tinners Arms, Zennor, United KingdomOld granite pub at the end of the walk. Pint and a crab sandwich.
  5. 34m · 21 km from baseout of date
  6. No time setGeevor Tin Mine, Croft Mear, St Just, United KingdomThe last mine in the area to close, with an underground tour and huge cliff views.

Day 3

  1. 41m · 31 km from baseout of date
  2. No time setPorthcurno, United KingdomWhite sand and turquoise water under the Minack. One of the best beaches in the country.
  3. No time setPorthcurno, United KingdomThe telegraph museum, where the undersea cables came ashore. Tunnels and all.
  4. No time setMousehole, United KingdomTiny harbour village. Wander the lanes and get something from the bakery.

Day 4

  1. 0m · 0 mout of date
  2. No time setTate St Ives, Back Road West, St. Ives, United KingdomSt Ives artists and the light that brought them here, with a rooftop café.
  3. No time setSt Michael's Mount, United KingdomWalk the causeway at low tide to the castle. Check tide times first.

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