Tate Gallery, Hepworth Sculpture Garden & Leach Pottery

Tate Gallery St. Ives

Architecturally superb and beautifully located high above Porthmeor surfing beach. Rather sadly it concentrates on the ultra-modern which, on one of our visits, bordered on the obscene. Too rarely does it exhibit any works of the great artists who lived and worked in St. Ives in the 20th century. You should still visit to enjoy the architecture, the views and a good coffee shop. Extension work started in October 2014.

Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden is only a five minute walk from the Tate. Some of the best of this wonderful sculptor is in the studio and garden of what was her own home - small works indoors, larger works competing with the sub-tropical plants in the small garden. For content we much prefer this to the Tate - of which it actually an outstation.

Leach Pottery re-opened in March 2008 as pottery school, workshops, gallery, shop, museum.

Tate Gallery above Porthmeor beach

Tate website and Leach website

Porthmeor beach

UPDATE 2010: At last the Tate is to be extended, having aquired the site on the right of the photo above. Work started October 2014!!!