Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
everything from handmade cards to silkscreen art. You can watch the artists at work
through the studio windows: look out for handcrafted brooches, rings and pendants at
01736-796051)
; and one-off pieces of driftwood furniture by
Beach Wood
(
01736-796051)
.
It's at the back of the Sloop car park, just off the harbourfront.
way Sq)
- one of Cornwall's oldest and most influential collectives, founded in 1929 - has
its gallery in a converted church on Norway Sq, with a separate 'Mariners Gallery' in the
01736-793121;
www.newmillenniumgallery.co.uk
;
Street-an-Pol)
, which houses one of the largest local
collections in town.
01736-795723;
www.willslanegallery.co.uk
;
Wills Lane; 10.30am-5.30pm Wed-Sat, 11am-4pm Sun)
, run by a
former director of the Contemporary Art Society, while
Art Space
MAP
01736-799744;
www.artspace-cornwall.co.uk
; The Wharf;
10.30am-5.30pm summer, 11am-4.30pm winter)
showcases talented local artists.
Information
St Ives Tourist Office
(
01736-796297;
www.stivestic.co.uk
;
Street-an-Pol;
9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Sat, 10am-4pm Sun)
Inside the Guildhall.
Getting There & Away
BUS
From April to October, the open-top Western Greyhound bus 300 runs three to five times
daily between Penzance and St Ives via Land's End, taking in St Just and Zennor en route.
Other local buses:
Penzance
(30 minutes, every half-hour Monday to Saturday, hourly on Sunday) Bus 17.
Truro
(1½ hours, hourly) Bus 14, via Hayle, Camborne and Redruth.
Zennor
(20 minutes, every 2 hours Monday to Saturday) Bus 508 stops at Towednack,
Zennor, Gurnard's Head and New Mill (for Chysauster).
