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Allotments – the Town Council is working to meet the need for allotment provision in the parish of St Ives. Over the past few years a number of potential sites have been identified and pursued, but progress has proved difficult due to a number of factors, including the reluctance of landowners to give up land for allotment use and then legal restrictions on a potential edge-of-town site.
It is the aim that an allotment site will be opened in the near future – watch this site and the local press for an announcement.
There is currently a waiting list of approximately 100 households. Should you wish to join the waiting list, please complete and return the form attached.
An Allotments Association has been formed and will be a key link between allotment holders and the Town Council. The Association are consultees on the development of a new allotment site.
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Community Pride Officer – the Town Council is working in partnership with Cornwall Council to provide a Community Pride Officer for the parish of St Ives. The benefit this brings is an additional level of cover to enhance the street scene and environment of the local area and to promote community pride. They can clear graffiti from public areas, make sure that street furniture is in good condition, help to tidy the car parks and pedestrian routes, cut back overhanging vegetation in public areas, and a whole range of other duties.
If you are aware of an area that you think needs to be improved, please notify the town council using the form attached or on Tel. 01736 797840. We will be happy to help – either by asking the Community Pride Officer to sort it out, or by reporting it to Cornwall Council on your behalf if it is outside our remit.
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St Ives Jute Bags – The Town Council has led an initiative to supply a St Ives Jute Bag, with the joint aims of promoting local businesses, encouraging tourism and reducing the number of plastic bags used in town.
For more information on the scheme and details of the businesses involved, please follow the link. If you would like to join the St Ives Jute Bag scheme, please contact townclerk@stivestowncouncil.co.uk
 Link to Press Release.
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Footpath maintenance – St Ives Town Council carries out local footpath maintenance, including those paths covered under the Local Maintenance Partnership agreement with Cornwall Council.
For further information, or to report footpaths requiring attention, please contact the town council on 01736 797840 or townclerk@stivestowncouncil.co.uk
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St Nicholas Chapel on The Island, St Ives – St Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors – hence the naming of this little chapel which stands on top of The Island in St Ives, surrounded on three sides by the sea, since at least the latter half of the 15th Century.
Local churches hold services in the Chapel throughout the summer (usually on a Thursday morning).
The Town Council is responsible for the upkeep of the building. Local volunteers help by opening the Chapel throughout the summer – a service that is welcomed by the many visitors who love to be able to spend some time visiting the Chapel and marvelling at the spectacular view from the inside as well as the outside.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer to help ensure that the Chapel continues to be open in the summer months, please contact the Town Council on 01736 797840 or townclerk@stivestowncouncil.co.uk. Current volunteers comment on the peacefulness of spending a couple of hours each week at the Chapel, with benefits being the pleasure that it brings to visitors to be able to visit it, and the fact that donations from visitors contribute towards its upkeep and are also donated to local charities and worthy causes.
Link to the St Nicholas Chapel leaflet
Link to St Nicholas Chapel Services 2010
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St Leonards Chapel, Smeatons Pier, St Ives – St Leonards Chapel is at the entrance to Smeatons Pier. The centuries-old Chapel was where fishermen used to pray before setting out to sea, with the Chapel Friar reputedly being paid a proportion of their catch on their return.
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