Welcome to Cornerways St Ives
Our charming guest house is the perfect place to stay in St Ives. Tucked away in Downalong, right by the harbour, Cornerways is your secret hideaway for an idyllic Cornish holiday.
About Cornerways
Cornerways Guest House was built in the 1830s in the old fisherman’s quarter of St Ives, also known as Downalong. With its cobbled streets and quaint seaside charm, Cornerways has been a popular holiday destination for over 70 years, and was a favourite of the great Daphne du Maurier.
Today the guest house balances its history and traditional features with a modern style and conveniences like free WiFi. That’s what makes our guest house the perfect place to stay when you’re exploring and discovering St Ives and Cornwall.
Our Facilities
About St Ives
St Ives is one of Cornwall’s most popular places to visit, and is famous for its beautiful beaches, galleries and art & literary heritage.
Explore the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, set off for Seal Island for an up close experience with the famous grey seal colony, or simply take a walk around the harbour with its fabulous restaurants, bars and cafes.
Whether you want to take on the surf at Porthmeor, or experience contemporary art at the Tate St Ives gallery, there’s something for everything in this beautiful harbour town.
Now and forever more this is where I belong to be
St Ives September Festival
As the summer season draws to a close, St Ives September Festival 2023 (9-23 September) keeps the flame burning
St Ives Lifeboat Day
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea, so it’s a charity close to many Cornish hearts The RNLI will be hosting
St Ives Food and Drink Festival 2023
St Ives Food and Drink Festival 2023 From May 12th @ 10:00 am - May 14th @ 10:30 pm on Porthminster Beach A
St Ives Kite Fest
St Ives Town is inviting you to bring in the spring and enjoy a free fun for all activity on Saturday 26th March
St Ives Feast and hurling the silver ball
Taking place each year on the first Sunday after the 3rd of February, the St Ives Feast Day is an ancient
Just keep swimming
St Ives is surrounded by spectacular white sand beaches enjoyed by both locals and visitors Swimming in the sea
Waking up in St Ives
As the winter is ending and spring is on the horizon, one of the most popular attractions in St Ives is to enjoy
What our customers say...
I stayed at Cornerways for a couple of nights...I last stayed when I was a kid, more than 25 years ago. A lot has changed since then! A warm welcome... read more
Ive stayed here a couple of times now. The location is absolutely fantastic, central to the best beaches and just out of the hustle and bustle enough in the busy... read more
Such a lovely guest house in the perfect location! Our hosts, Francine and Chris were wonderful. Couldn't recommend this place enough, it was perfect!
The beds were so... read more
Lovely. But cars parked outside constantly spoiling the outside . The charm of st ives streets are the wonderful cottages etc and no cars . Beautiful hanging... read more
We were delighted to arrive at our comfortable, cosy, interesting, very clean and warm room - with a view of a very pretty bit of street on a corner -... read more
This is the perfect place to stay in St Ives, just metres from The Sloop you are right in the heart of things. Hosts Chris & Francine were super friendly... read more
I had a wonderful stay at Cornerways. I enquired about storing luggage and received an instant response. I was offered a cup of tea on arrival and was made to... read more
This is our 3rd time staying at Cornerways. We have stayed in a few of the rooms, all are extremely clean with comfortable beds. Sandra room has lovely sea views.... read more
Staying 2 nights at end of walking part of the SW coast path. Great location. Lovely bedroom, lots of character. Super clean. Love the bathroom. Nice friendly hosts. A pleasure... read more
We stayed at Cornerways for a couple of very restful days in a comfortable and exceptionally clean room. The b and b is full of character, with welcoming hosts... read more
Just got back from an overnight stay in St Ives. The entire place was absolutely spotless, the bed was comfy and the breakfast was delicious. Wendy, our host, made us... read more
Another wonderful weekend stay at the beautiful Cornerways. This place stole our hearts years ago and still continues to do so- it’s very much our St. Ives family. A... read more
