The Carracks, St Ives

Name: The Carracks
Address: St Ives, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in St Ives

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The Carracks and Little Carracks are a group of small rocky inshore islands off the Atlantic north coast of west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name comes from "carrek", the Cornish language word for 'rock'. The Little Carracks were still known as Carrack an Heythen c. 1920. The islands are in Zennor civil parish. ()

Coordinates: 50°12'47"N, 5°33'4"W

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St Ives United Kingdom

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The Carracks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tate St Ives, The Sloop Inn, St Ia's Church, Belgrave St Ives.

3 miE
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Tate St Ives, St Ives
78 min walk • Nestled in the charming seaside town of St Ives in Cornwall, England, Tate St Ives is a beacon of modern and contemporary art that attracts visitors from all over the globe. This unique gallery, an offshoot of the renowned Tate Gallery in London, opened its doors in...
3.2 miE
Nightlife
The Sloop Inn, St Ives
82 min walk • The Sloop Inn is an inn in St Ives, Cornwall, England, located on the wharf. It is one of the oldest inns in Cornwall, the public house is dated to "circa 1312" although the present building was built in the 17th or 18th century.
3.1 miE
Town, Church, Gothic architecture
St Ia's Church, St Ives
81 min walk • St Ia's Church, St Ives, is a parish church in the Church of England in St Ives, Cornwall, UK. It is dedicated to Ia of Cornwall, a 5th- or 6th-century Irish saint, and is a Grade I listed building.
3.1 miE
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Belgrave St Ives, St Ives
80 min walk • Belgrave St Ives is a commercial art gallery, specialising in modern British and contemporary art in St Ives, Cornwall, southwest England.
3.1 miE
Museum, Garden, Art museum
Barbara Hepworth Museum, St Ives
79 min walk • The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives, Cornwall preserves the 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth's studio and garden much as they were when she lived and worked there.
3.6 miS
Prehistoric site, Historical place, Ruins
Chysauster Ancient Village, Madron and Sancreed
93 min walk • Chysauster Ancient Village is a late Iron Age and Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which is currently in the care of English Heritage. The village included eight to ten houses, each with its own internal courtyard.
1.6 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Senara's Church, Zennor
42 min walk • St Senara's Church, or The Church of Saint Senara, in Zennor Churchtown, Cornwall, England, UK, is the parish church of the parish of Zennor. It is in the Deanery of Penwith, Archdeaconry of Cornwall, and Diocese of Truro.
3.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Trink Hill, Carbis Bay
83 min walk • Trink Hill is a 212-metre-high hill that lies between the hamlets of Trink and Cripplesease, near to the village of Nancledra, Cornwall, UK. Trencrom Hill lies one kilometre to the South East.
1.7 miS
Archaeological site
Zennor Quoit, Zennor
45 min walk • Zennor Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, located on a moor about a mile east of the village of Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK. It dates to 2500–1500 BC.
3.1 miE
50°12'55"N • 5°28'48"W
Saint Ives Society of Artists, St Ives
81 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
1.7 miSW
Nightlife
Tinner's Arms, Madron and Sancreed
43 min walk • The Tinner's Arms is a Grade II-listed traditional Cornish pub in Zennor, Cornwall. The name is derived from the Tinners, with records of tin extraction in the area dating back to Tudor times. D. H. Lawrence stayed for a fortnight in the pub in 1916. The pub sign pictures a tin miner at work, testimony to its origins.