Godrevy

50°14′18″N 5°23′37″W / 50.23828°N 5.39373°W / 50.23828; -5.39373

St Ives Bay showing Godrevy Head and Godrevy Island (top right)
Godrevy Lighthouse at sunset, April 2007
From the Knavocks to Godrevy Point

Godrevy (Cornish: Godrevi, meaning small farms) (/ɡəˈdriːvi/ gə-DREE-vee)[1] is an area on the eastern side of St Ives Bay, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which faces the Atlantic Ocean. It is popular with both the surfing community and walkers. It is part owned by the National Trust, and offshore on Godrevy Island is a lighthouse maintained by Trinity House which is said to be the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse.[2] Godrevy lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the South West Coast Path runs around the whole promontory. There are several public car parks on the western side where the National Trust owns and operates a café.[3]

  1. ^ BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 62.
  2. ^ Thomas, Charles; Mann, Jessica (2009). Godrevy Light. Twelveheads Press. ISBN 9780906294703.
  3. ^ "Godrevy". National Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2012.