St.Ives began to attract artists eighty years ago because
of it's picturesque cluster of brightly painted cottages, gleaming white sands, and fleet
of fishing boats.
Today it is a magnet for Thousands of tourists every
year. Once the centre of the Cornish pilchard fishing industry, it is now mainly a tourist
centre.
A dog
ban is in place on St.Ives harbour between Easter and October.