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The Norris Museum
The Broadway. Tel. 497314,
email bob@norrismuseum.org.uk,
website www.norrismuseum.org.uk
Opening hours May to September
Monday to Saturday 10.00 - 5.00
Sunday 2.00 - 5.00
October to April
Monday to Friday 10.00 - 4.00
Saturday 10.00 - 1.00
Admission Free
The Norris Museum takes its name from Herbert Norris, who left his
lifetime’s collection of Huntingdonshire history to his native
town of St Ives when he died in 1931.
The Museum displays include the fossil remains of the great marine
reptiles, relatives of the dinosaurs, who lived in Huntingdonshire
160 million years ago when this area was under the sea. There is
a life-size replica of an Ichthyosaur whose bones were unearthed
during recent road-building, and relics of the Mammoths that lived
here in the Ice Ages. You can see the tools and weapons of prehistoric
people, displays on the Roman town at nearby Godmanchester, arms
and armour from the English Civil War and old ice skates used in
the Fens. A video shows you the Fen skaters in action as well as
film of traction engines made by the St Ives firm of Fowell’s.
Our art gallery displays local landscapes and is also used to stage
temporary exhibitions. There is a research library and the Museum
building is set in an attractive riverside garden. We have full
wheelchair access and a bookstall with local history publications
as well as postcards, maps and souvenirs. The Norris Museum is administered
by St Ives Town Council and is accredited by the Museums Archives
and Libraries Council.
The Corn Exchange
Market Hill. Email info@thecornexchange.org.uk
website www.thecornexchange.org.uk.
The community centre at the heart of St Ives. The Corn Exchange
has a mix of large, medium and small rooms with a flexible layout
and supporting facilities, kitchen and bars. It is ideal for a wide
range of uses by clubs, societies and businesses for functions,
family celebrations, dinners, parties, meetings, training events
and conferences.
The St Ivo Leisure Centre and Outdoor Complex
Leisure Centre in Westwood Road,
Outdoor Complex in California Road
Tel. 388500,
email stivoleisurecentre@huntsdc.gov.uk,
website www.huntsdc.gov.uk/leisure.
Facilities include the Sports Hall, Squash Courts and 25-metre Swimming
Pool. There are fitness classes, the Gemini Therapy Suite, Sunbeds
and a Sauna/Steam Room. The Burgess Hall is ideal for any social
event, with full bar and catering services, while the Sportsman’s
Rest Bar and Lounge is open seven days a week for food as well as
drink, not to mention live Premiership football on a giant projection
screen.
Outdoor facilities include an athletics arena, tennis courts, cricket
nets and grass pitches, and a synthetic pitch too.
For children there are activities for under-fives and children’s
activities in term time and school holidays; also Cyril the Squirrel
Kids Club.
You can find out more by visiting the Centre’s website, where
you can also check availability and make bookings online. The website
also lists the sports clubs that use the Centre, giving contact
details so that you can get in touch with them and join in with
the sport of your choice.
St Ives Public Library
Station Road (next to Waitrose). Tel. 0845 045 5225, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
Opening hours Monday 9.30 - 6.00. Tuesday to Wednesday
10.00 - 5.00
Thursday Closed. Friday 10.00 - 7.00. Saturday 10.00 - 4.30. Sunday
12.00 - 4.00
Visitors to the Library have access to a wide range of books, music
CDs, DVDs, videos and talking books. There is a reading group, and
jigsaws are available on a swap basis.
For children the Library provides picture books, story and information
books, tapes, DVDs and videos. There are computers with links to
selected internet sites. Children’s story times take place
on Tuesdays, 2.00 - 2.30, and Rhymetime on alternate Wednesdays
in term-time, 10.30 - 11.00.
Other services include computers available to library members with
free access to the Internet, emails and Microsoft Office (use limited
to one hour a day). There is a self-service A3 or A4 colour photocopier.
The Waitrose pay-and-display car park is right outside the Library
and the bus station is within 100 metres. The Library building is
wheelchair friendly and fully accessible for all.
For local studies visit the Huntingdonshire Collection and Huntingdonshire
Archives in Huntingdon’s new Library, with over 3000 books
and pamphlets as well as historic photographs, maps and newspapers.
(There is a satellite collection at St Ives Library). Huntingdon
Library is open every day Monday to Saturday - details from the
same  telephone
number or website as for St Ives Library. For the Archives, telephone
or email to make an appointment before visiting: tel. 375842
email county.records.hunts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
website www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
Adult and Community Learning
Based at St Ivo School, running part-time day, evening and weekend
courses for adults. Over 900 adult learners enjoyed their courses
last year, and the service is committed to the idea of lifelong
learning, providing a high quality experience supported by well
qualified tutors.
Call 495717,
email info@aclearning.org.uk
or visit the website
www.aclearning.org.uk
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