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St Ives is a town with a rich past and a great future. Our
900 years of history can be seen all around you in the historic
streets of the town centre. But you can also find up-to-the minute
shops and businesses, good communications and 21st-century infrastructure,
hi-tech  industry
and a strong confidence in the future.
Visitors and travellers have always been important to St Ives and
the town has superb communications. It lies close to the dual-carriageway
A14, which connects with the M11, A1(M), M1 and M6 for fast routes
to London, East Anglia, the Midlands and the North. Stansted airport
and Harwich International ferry port are just 90 minutes away and
frequent bus services connect St Ives to Cambridge and Huntingdon
with their main-line railway stations.
More leisurely travellers can come here by boat along the waterways
of the Fens and the Great Ouse. The attractive countryside round
the town is widely accessible for walking and cycling, with a network
of footpaths and several nearby nature reserves.
There are lots of good reasons to visit St Ives. The 15th-century
bridge with its midstream chapel is a unique ancient monument and
our connection with one-time St Ives resident  Oliver
Cromwell is recalled by a statue of him in the market place.
Within twenty miles you will find the university city of Cambridge
and the cathedrals at Ely and Peterborough, while Cambridge’s
newly opened Grand Arcade and Peterborough’s Queensgate are
two of the biggest shopping centres in East Anglia.
St Ives shops range from outlets of national chains to small, specialist
businesses that attract shoppers from miles around. There is a range
of pubs, clubs and ethnic restaurants that few towns of this size
can match, drawing people from all over the area to enjoy the night
life. The Monday Market is a weekly treat, with especially big markets
on Bank Holiday Mondays.
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