Carbis Bay
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 Beach at Carbis Bay with theCarbis Bay Hotel behind | |
  Carbis Bay Location withinCornwall | |
| Population | 3,970 [1] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ST. IVES |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| 50°11′48″N5°27′54″W / 50.19659°N 5.46505°W /50.19659; -5.46505 | |
Carbis Bay (Cornish:Karrbons, meaning "causeway") is aseaside resort and village inCornwall, England. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast ofSt Ives, on the western coast ofSt Ives Bay, on theAtlantic coast.[2] TheSouth West Coast Path passes above the beach.
Carbis Bay is perhaps best known as the location of the47th G7 summit in 2011.
Carbis Bay is almost contiguous with the town of St Ives and is in St Ivescivil parish (part of the area served by St Ives Town Council), which encompasses St Ives, Carbis Bay,Lelant andHalsetown. The 2001 census gave the combined population of Carbis Bay and Lelant as 3,482.[3] Lelant, an older settlement which is one mile to the south-east, Carbis Bay and St Ives are linked by the A3074 road which joins theA30 atRose-an-Grouse.Carbis Bay railway station, above the beach, is one of five railway stations on theSt Ives Bay Line which joins the mainline atSt Erth railway station, which is also at Rose-an-Grouse. St Erth station is the junction for themain line toLondon Paddington.[2]
Carbis Bay overlooks the small bay of the same name (Cornish:Porth reb Tor, meaning "cove beside the eminence", part of St Ives Bay) which is bounded to the north by Porthminster Point and to the east by Hawk's Point and contains a popular family beach. Hawk's Point is within theHayle Estuary and Carrack Gladden Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and in the Victorian era was known locally for its pleasure grounds. The garden had a tea house and grotto; it was a venue for Sunday School outings andBand of Hope galas.[4] By 1880, the proprietor William Payne claimed in an advertisement that it was "the largest establishment of the kind in the West ...".[5]
Wheal Providence mine in Carbis Bay is thetype locality of the rare mineralConnellite.[6]
The parish church, which is dedicated to St Anta and All Saints, contains aring of ten bells. This was the largest peal in a Cornish parish church untilSt Keverne's bells were increased to ten in 2001.[7] TheCarbis Bay Hotel, on the seafront, was built in 1894 bySilvanus Trevail. Behind the village stands the Knill Monument, known locally as "The Steeple", a 50-foot (15 m) high monument toJohn Knill, a mayor of nearby St Ives during the 18th century.
Carbis Bay is connected to the national railway network by theSt Erth toSt Ives branch line. St Erth is on the Cornish main line linkingLondon Paddington toPenzance. Road coaches also operate to and from London and St Erth on theNational Express (London–Penzance) service. There are local buses to and from St Ives / St Erth / Hayle / Penzance / Helston and other areas. Overnight travel services include theNight Riviera sleeper train between Paddington and Penzance via St Erth.[8] A night coach viaLondon Heathrow (arriving 05.30am) andLondon Victoria (arriving 06.30am), calls at Carbis Bay and West Cornwall.
St Uny Primary School, aChurch of England School voluntarily controlled by theDiocese of Truro, is situated in Carbis Bay.[9]
In June 2021, Carbis Bay hosted the47th G7 summit.[10][11]
Cornish wrestling tournaments were held on Longstone Down, Longstone, which is now part of Carbis Bay.[12]
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