Beaches · South West England
Mother Ivy's Bay
Also known as: Poll Fenton
In or near Rock.
Mother Ivy's Bay is a beach in the United Kingdom.
Tony Atkin — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Mother Ivy's Bay is a beach on the coast of South-West England. The site is within the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB), and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency. Postcode area PL28.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Trevose Head and Constantine Bay SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Polventon Bay (Cornish: Poll Fenten, meaning pool of a spring), Mother Ivey's Bay is a bay and bathing beach on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The bay is on east side of the headland, Trevose Head and within the parish of St Merryn. The South West Coast Path, which follows the coast of south-west England from Somerset to Dorset follows the cliff above the bay.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The name Mother Ivey's Bay first appeared in 1870 and is named after a local wisewoman and white witch. An auction for the ″Mother Ive Pilchard Fishery″ was held, on 30 September 1879, at the Western Hotel, St Ives. The sale was described as a going concern and included a nearly new, stone-built, slate-covered fish cellar with nineteen sleeping-berths, two seynes, two seine-boats, about thirty oars, horses, forty pilchard hogsheads, 170 tons of French salt, etc. The reserve price of £490 was not met. A second auction was held on 6 September 1881 and included 170 tons of French Salt.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.5451, -5.0173
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- St. Merryn
- Postcode
- PL28 8SL
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Cornwall
Sources
- osm: w66380618 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Mother Ivy's Bay (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mother Ivy's Bay?
- Mother Ivy's Bay is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PL28 8SL), in the parish of St. Merryn.
- What is Mother Ivy's Bay?
- Mother Ivy's Bay is a beach in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Mother Ivy's Bay?
- Drivers can use postcode PL28 8SL.
- Is Mother Ivy's Bay a protected site?
- Yes — Mother Ivy's Bay is part of the Trevose Head and Constantine Bay SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Mother Ivy's Bay free to visit?
- Yes, Mother Ivy's Bay is free to enter.
- How do I get to Mother Ivy's Bay?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PL28 8SL. It sits within the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.