Christmas Lights St Ives Cornwall

The christmas magic of st ives begins on the 2nd december when the town will be traffic free to witness the visit of father christmas who will be arriving in the harbour courtesy of the rnli.

Christmas lights st ives cornwall.

A particularly quiet december night on st ives main shopping thoroughfare fore street. St ives offers a christmas for everyone. This being st ives there s a mermaid as well as father christmas. Quite simply the king of christmas lights this petite village is cornwall s brightest star.

St ives christmas lights. The christmas lights of fore street in st ives the piece de resistance for the christmas lights of st ives has to be spectacular curtain of lights above fore street. Beautiful lights lit up all around the harbour every year by the st ives fishermen. The festive season is well and truly upon us and st ives cornwall is a place that many people flock to over the course of december.

Etsy made local st ives father christmas arrives in st ives on a lifeboat shop from the best that cornwall has to offer drink cocktails eat nice food and just get generally christmassy. The countdown begins at 7pm and soon after as the cold night sky is lit with a warm sparkling glow you ll know it s christmas in st ives. The light display is on from the 6th to 9th december light up time. St ives officially kicks christmas off with the switch on of the town s christmas lights on the 29th december.

Below we have highlighted just a few of the many things you can do when visiting st ives in cornwall at christmas. From modest beginnings it has become a legendary billing in cornwall s festive calendar boasting an amazing 7000 twinkling blubs which cast the likes of sea serpents whales and fishing boats in a myriad of colours across the harbour. The mellow glow is so atmosheric and redolent of another era in the narrow granite clad streets. It costs 3 for your little one to meet the big man and this includes a special early christmas present.

Our very own st ives mermaid will be making a special on land appearance as well as elves face painters and all the twinkly lights and festive bling you could wish for. Christmas lights st ives harbour december 2013. It was a little wilder and windier than it looks in the photo but lovely all the same.