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Carbis Bay is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the district of Penwith
Penwith

Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Carbis Bay is often considered to be part of Lelant
Lelant

Lelant is a village in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the nearby towns of Hayle and St Ives, CornwallThe name is derived from the Cornish language lann and Anta, meaning Church-site of Anta, earliest attested spelling Lananta, about year 1170....
, an older settlement to the south of Carbis Bay, although it is closer to and almost contiguous with St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
. The 2001 census gave the combined population of Carbis Bay/Lelant as 3482 .






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Carbis Bay is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the district of Penwith
Penwith

Penwith is a Non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council is based in Penzance. The district covers all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which includes an area of land to the east that falls outside the peninsula, being the most westerly distric...
 in Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Carbis Bay is often considered to be part of Lelant
Lelant

Lelant is a village in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the nearby towns of Hayle and St Ives, CornwallThe name is derived from the Cornish language lann and Anta, meaning Church-site of Anta, earliest attested spelling Lananta, about year 1170....
, an older settlement to the south of Carbis Bay, although it is closer to and almost contiguous with St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
. The 2001 census gave the combined population of Carbis Bay/Lelant as 3482 . The village overlooks a bay
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
, bordered to the west by Porthminster Point and to the east by Hawke's Point, which surrounds a popular family beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
 after which the village is named. The bay is part of the larger St Ives Bay
St Ives Bay

St Ives Bay is a bay on the Atlantic coast of north-west Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It is in the form of a shallow crescent, some 4 miles or 6 km across, between St Ives, Cornwall in the west and Godrevy in the east....
. Wheal Providence in Carbis Bay is the type locality
Type locality (geology)

In some natural sciences, type locality is the typical or representative location and is typically the first example of a newly discovered or described object....
 of the mineral Connellite
Connellite

Connellite is a very rare mineral species, a hydrous copper chloro-sulfate, Cu19Cl432?3H2O, crystallizing in the hexagonal system....
.

Popularity

Carbis Bay is popular with tourists, attracted by the South West Coast Path
South West Coast Path

The South West Coast Path is Britain's longest waymarked Long-distance footpaths in the UK and a National Trails . It stretches for , running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, to Poole Harbour in Dorset....
 that runs through the village, the longest National Trail in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and by the nearby beauty spot Hawke's Point. Additionally, the picturesque St Ives Bay Line
St Ives Bay Line

The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from St Erth to St Ives, Cornwall in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877 by the St Ives Branch Railway, and subsumed into the Great Western Railway the following year....
 railway, one of the few profit-making branch line
Branch line

A branch line is a secondary Rail transport line which branches off a more important through route, usually a Main line . A very short branch line may be called a spur line....
s in the UK, also serves the village.

Knill Monument

The Knill Monument, known locally as "The Steeple", a 50-foot (15 m) high monument to John Knill
John Knill

John Knill born at Callington, Cornwall in Cornwall was a slightly Eccentricity mayor of St Ives, Cornwall, in 1767 and Collector of Customs at St....
, mayor of nearby St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
 during the 18th century, stands on a hillside behind the village.

Transport

Carbisbayshelter
The railway station
Carbis Bay railway station

Carbis Bay railway station is situated on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, United Kingdom and serves village and beach of Carbis Bay. There is just a single platform; trains towards St Erth run from left to right....
 is conveniently situated on the cliff above the beach. It is on the St Ives Bay Line
St Ives Bay Line

The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from St Erth to St Ives, Cornwall in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877 by the St Ives Branch Railway, and subsumed into the Great Western Railway the following year....
, which connects it to St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
, Lelant
Lelant

Lelant is a village in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the nearby towns of Hayle and St Ives, CornwallThe name is derived from the Cornish language lann and Anta, meaning Church-site of Anta, earliest attested spelling Lananta, about year 1170....
, and St Erth
St Erth

St Erth is a village and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish shares boundaries with Ludgvan in the west, Hayle in the north, St Hilary, Cornwall in the south and the district of Kerrier in the east....
. St Erth station
St Erth railway station

St Erth railway station serves the village of St Erth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station is about 3/4 mile from the village. It is the junction for the St Ives Bay Line to St Ives, Cornwall....
 is the connection to the Main line
Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in the United Kingdom, which forms the backbone for rail services in Cornwall, as well as providing a direct line to London....
 to London Paddington.

To avoid congestion, a lot of cars are parked at the Park and Ride
Park and ride

Park and ride facilities are public transport Bus stations that allow commuting and other people wishing to travel into City Centre to leave their personal vehicles in a parking lot and transfer to a bus, Rail transport system , or carpool for the rest of their trip....
 at Lelant Saltings railway station
Lelant Saltings railway station

Lelant Saltings railway station was opened on 27 May 1978 to provide a Park and ride facility for visitors to St Ives, Cornwall.The station is situated on the St Ives Bay Line, alongside the River Hayle....
. Many cars also travel through Carbis Bay to get to St Ives.

See also

  • List of topics related to Cornwall
    List of topics related to Cornwall

    This is a list of topics related to Cornwall, United Kingdom. The :Category:Cornwall contains a more comprehensive selection of Cornish articles....