St Ives with kids

[lorenzo458]

Any recommendations of places to visit with young kids in the St Ives area and surrounding areas <1hr drive.

[markymarkthree]

Cambs or Cornwall would help ?

[lorenzo458]

Cornwall

[MitchT]

Depends what they like doing. From my childhood holidays in St Ives...

Dry days...
Paradise Park in Hayle
Boat trip to Godrevy.
Beaches around St Ives
Coastal walks
St Michael’s Mount
Penzance & Newlyn
RNAS Culdrose
Trebah Garden
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Land’s End
Minack Theatre - worth a visit to look aorund even if not seeing a show
Walk to Sennen Cove and back from Land's End
Lizard Point


Wet days...
Tate Gallery
Hepworth Museum
Penlee Gallery
Eden Project

Edited by MitchT on Monday 26th January 13:05

[Uncle boshy]

Paradise park in Hayle

Geevnor tin mine

Eden project

Maritime museum Falmouth

Seal boat trips out of st ives

Telegraph museum porthcurrno

Minack theatre

Godrivy beach

[theplayingmantis]

How old are the kids, when going, and any general interests or complete no's?

[v8notbrave]

Not been for a few years but people used to look at you strangely if you weren't driving a family de rigueur land rover disco or xc90

[theplayingmantis]

v8notbrave said:

Not been for a few years but people used to look at you strangely if you weren't driving a family de rigueur land rover disco or xc90

that would be me. now don't come back.

[vikingaero]

St Michaels Mount, especially if you have NT membership - just parking and the boat to pay for if the tide comes in.

[DaveyBoyWonder]

We did St Michaels Mount in October. I say we "did" it, we walked over with hordes of other people, got there and it was heaving, checked out the cream teas (serve yourself on paper plates for a tenner) and turned around and walked back - massive disappointment for something we'd been looking forward to doing for a while. Went to Falmouth on the way home which was a very nice wander around town and some tea at a bar in the "new" bit near the museum (which is meant to be good - we didn't have time to go in / had the dog with us).

Not especially child (depending on age) friendly but always found wandering the back streets of St Ives interesting. Along the harbour front past the shops and then left and up the hill, through the little back streets to the Tate and then back down toward the harbour again. Some little gems of cafes and galleries to be had.

[theplayingmantis]

Yes as ever with these threads until key information is proving ded the responses are largely meaningless.