Visit St Ives: Britain’s jolliest town has sparkling bays and divine restaurants

Happiness-on-Sea: The joys of St Ives, which has sparkling bays, divine restaurants and has been voted Britain’s jolliest town This week St Ives was named as the happiest place to live in Britain by the Rightmove Happy at Home Index  Jeff Mills, who visited, says its no surprise with the town’s whitewashed cottages reminding him of … Read more

St Ives is named as the happiest place to live in Britain – but did YOUR town make the list?

Cornish town St Ives has been branded the happiest place to live in Britain, with five of the 20 happiest locations all coastal locations in the South West.  The idyllic surfing hotspot topped the list of places where Britons are at their most content in a new survey by property website Rightmove.   Rightmove’s 2020 study, … Read more

Cornish coastal town St Ives is the happiest place to live in Great Britain, study shows

Cornish coastal town St Ives is the happiest place to live in Great Britain, study shows Those living in St Ives, Cornwall, were happiest with their surroundings Skipton in North Yorkshire came second and Leamington Spa came third The Rightmove survey asked 21,000 people how they felt about their home  By Emer Scully For Mailonline … Read more

St Ives in Cornwall among towns to shut down roads to help social-distancing when tourists return

Picturesque St Ives in Cornwall is among towns to shut down roads to help social-distancing when tourists return for staycations from July 4 The UK’s tourism sector is set to get up and running again from July 4  People are now starting to book ‘staycation’ weekends to get in a holiday break St Ives, Falmouth, … Read more

Angry locals in St Ives, Cornwall scrawl messages on the beach as second home owners remain defiant

Furious locals in St Ives, Cornwall have written messages on the beach urging second home owners to go home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Londoners and people living in big cities all over the UK are flocking to the seaside and their second homes to escape the virus, drawing the ire of locals. The government have … Read more

Head to rugged St Ives in Cornwall for the perfect Poldark-inspired outdoors beach ‘staycation’

Picture the scene. It’s October half-term. Six old friends and their five children all under eight years old decamp to the rugged, wilds of Cornwall for a Poldark-inspired holiday. Sunshine, wind, rain, a 6th birthday, Halloween, pumpkin picking, laughter until tears ran down my face, a seal sanctuary, the Eden Project and LOTS of surfing. … Read more

The UK’s most romantic destinations revealed: Windermere is No1 followed by Loch Lomond and St Ives 

Which is YOUR favourite Valentine’s Day spot? The UK’s most romantic destinations have been named and it’s Windermere that’s No1 followed by Loch Lomond and St Ives Britons were asked to name the UK’s most idyllic spots ahead of Valentine’s Day Highly rated are the Peak District National Park and the village of Grasmere Also … Read more