Museum · Carbis Bay · Cornwall

St Ives Archive

St Ives Archive is a local museum. Visitors find it inside Carbis Bay’s built-up area. Add Tate St Ives, 2.6 km away, to a visit; it leads 42 places within 15 km.

Where

In Carbis Bay

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Carbis Bay

Inside Carbis Bay

St Ives Archive is inside Carbis Bay’s built-up area, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

Afternoons in Carbis Bay reach 17–19°C from June to September.

Jan10° / 5°129 mm

Feb9° / 4°108 mm

Mar10° / 5°87 mm

Apr12° / 6°74 mm

May15° / 9°64 mm

Jun17° / 11°69 mm

Jul19° / 13°77 mm

Aug19° / 13°96 mm

Sep17° / 12°92 mm

Oct15° / 10°130 mm

Nov12° / 7°147 mm

Dec10° / 5°142 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Carbis Bay, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Carbis Bay. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Carbis Bay’s full climate →

About

St Ives Archive

Museum: local.

In Carbis Bay, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Carbis Bay

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where St Ives Archive is

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; St Ives Archive is the orange one.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to St Ives Archive

In size, Hayle comes first of the 8, with 9,040 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.

1 · It’s in town

Carbis Bay

3,967 people · 12 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km northwest of it

St Ives

5,413 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km southeast of it

Lelant

949 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 2.4 km east of it

The Towans

259 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Ives Archive is	People	Places to visit
Carbis Bay	It’s in town	3,967	12
St Ives	1.3 km northwest of it	5,413	12
Lelant	1.8 km southeast of it	949	11
The Towans	2.4 km east of it	259	10
Canon's Town	2.8 km south of it	547	8
Hayle	2.9 km east of it	9,040	9
St Erth	3.7 km southeast of it	1,128	5
Crowlas	5 km south of it	1,054	12

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Choose from 42 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, an art gallery and a fort.

Art galleryTate St Ives2.6 km away · 214K visitors a year (2009)2

MuseumBarbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden2.4 km away 3

Fort · National TrustTrencrom Hill2.3 km away 4

MuseumThe Leach Pottery2.4 km away 5

ZooParadise Park3.3 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustGodolphin Estate9.9 km away 7

MuseumPenlee House, Gallery & Museum10 km away 8

Garden · National TrustTrengwainton Gardens10 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

St Ives Archive in questions

Where is St Ives Archive?

St Ives Archive is in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is St Ives Archive?

Museum: local.

When is the best time to visit St Ives Archive?

June to September are the warmest months in Carbis Bay, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near St Ives Archive?

Within 15 km: Tate St Ives (2.6 km), Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden (2.4 km), Trencrom Hill (2.3 km) and The Leach Pottery (2.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Trencrom Hill: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Leach Pottery: Jordanhill School D&T Dept, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Paradise Park: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Godolphin Estate: waterborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Penlee House, Gallery & Museum: Purely Penzance, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Trengwainton Gardens: N p holmes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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