ST IVES (Cornwall ).

St Ives is a seaside town and port in Cornwall, England. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing, but due to the decline in fishing, St Ives is now primarily a popular holiday resort. St Ives is also well known from the nursery rhyme:-- "AS I WAS GOING TO ST IVES".

 

As I was going to St Ives

I met a man with seven wives

every wife had seven sacks

every sack had seven cats

every cat had seven kits

kits, cats, sacks, wives

how many were going to St Ives.

 

St Ives is situated on the shore of St Ives bay, it`s harbour is sheltered by Smeaton`s Pier. Close to the harbour, it`s streets are narrow and uneven. The town has four beaches,:--Porthmeor a surfing beach, Porthgwidden a small sandy cove, Harbour by the working port and Porthminster which has half a mile of sand.