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Norris Museum
The Broadway. Tel. 497314, email bob@norrismuseum.fsnet.co.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 relics to his native town
of St Ives when he died in 1931. 75 years later the Museum is still
telling the story of our historic county (even though Huntingdonshire
is nowadays officially part of Cambridgeshire!)
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, and displays on the Roman town at nearby Godmanchester,
the medieval abbey of Sawtry, arms and armour from the English Civil
War and ice skates used in the Fens. A video shows you the old skaters
in action, as well as film of traction engines made by the St Ives
firm of Fowell's.
The Museum includes an art gallery with pictures of the local landscape
– this room is also used to stage temporary exhibitions. There
is a research library and the Museum building is set in an attractive
riverside garden. There is 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
registered with the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries.
The St Ivo Leisure Centre
Westwood Road. The reception is open daily from 7.00 a.m. to 11.00
p.m.
Tel. 388500, email stivoleisurecentre@huntsdc.gov.uk
website www.huntsleisure.org
The St Ivo Leisure Centre aims to provide a range of activities
that appeal to all the family. (It is a dual use facility and certain
areas are in use between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. by St Ivo School).
All facilities are available for casual bookings from 12.00 noon,
seven days in advance.
The Centre is designed to be totally accessible to all. There is
a lift to all floors except the basement, a pool hoist, and changing
and toilet facilities for the disabled. All areas apart from our
Weights Room have wheelchair access. There is free car parking for
our customers, with 250 spaces.
The Sports Hall has six badminton courts available for casual bookings.
It can also be used for a large-size basketball and football pitch
– ideal for competitions and tournaments or five-a-side matches.
We can cater for just about every sporting activity and offer circuit
training, roller skating, short tennis and a wide variety of children’s
parties.
The 25-metre swimming pool appeals to all ages – come for
a casual swim, or we have a variety of sessions to suit everyone,
including flounders, dawn dippers, lane swimmers, aquascramble,
raft fun and aquafit. St Ives Swimming Club trains at the centre
and we offer swimming courses for young and old, including life
saving and snorkelling.
The Impressions Gym opened in 1999 and has a staggering 4000 members!
There is also the Taurus Gym for weight training – book your
place for a Saturday morning induction session. The Saturn, Gemini
and Aries Suites offer aerobics and dance classes, beauty and holistic
therapy, table tennis and martial arts. The Romper Room crèche
is open Monday to Friday during term time, 9.30-12.30. The Rifle
Range is used by the St Ives Rifle and Pistol Club and by the “Jolly
Archers”.
Last but not least, the Burgess Hall is the premier venue in the
area for any social event – dinner dance, disco, birthday
or wedding – with full bar and catering services.
The St Ivo Outdoor Complex
California Road. Open Monday to Friday from 9.00 a.m to 11.00 p.m.
(weekend, closes 10.00 p.m). Tel. 388555, email stivoleisurecentre@huntsdc.gov.uk,
website www.huntsleisure.org Bookings are from 11.00 a.m. seven
days in advance.
With grass pitches for soccer, hockey, rugby and cricket; a floodlit
synthetic pitch for hockey and training; a floodlit six-lane athletics
track; squash courts and floodlit hard tennis courts; and two licensed
bar lounges.
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, videos,
talking books, daily newspapers and reference materials. There is
a reading group, and jigsaws are available on a swap basis.
For children the Library provides picture books, story books, story
cassettes, information books and videos. There are children's stories
for the under-fives on Tuesdays, 2.00-2.30 p.m., and Rhymetime on
alternate Wednesdays in term-time, 10.30-11.00.
Other services include 10 PCs with free public access to the Internet,
a photocopier, fax, a toilet for the disabled, exhibition space
and a picture rail for the display of artwork. 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 in Huntingdon
Library, with over 3000 books and pamphlets as well as historic
photographs, maps and newspapers. Open every day Monday to Saturday
– details from the same telephone number or website as for
St Ives Library.
Other material is available at the County Record Office, Grammar
School Walk, Huntingdon PE29 3LF. Telephone or email to make an
appointment before visiting: tel. 375842, email: county.records.hunts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk,
website: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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