30 acres of beautiful open-access green space on Penbeagle Hill overlooking St Ives.
A wildlife haven encouraging biodiversity, planted for the benefit of wildlife and the community.
A place where people can socialise, work, learn, play, relax and enjoy the fruits of their labour.
Where nature, people and community flourish together.
Volunteer with us
Work Parties: Tuesdays / Sundays 10am - 12
Many other volunteer roles available: Repair Cafe / Cooking / Wildlife identification / Apple juice or Cider making / Photography
What's On
Regular community events, workshops in the Orchard & CORE building
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Find us:
We are at the bottom of Penbeagle hill, right next to the Palemon Best Recreational Park & Skatepark at the very top of St Ives.
Contact us:
info@stivesorchard.co.uk or call: 07585777110 (Elise)
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Donate to our project
All donations go towards our social or environmental aims.

Blog Posts
- Growing more than Apples
- Photo Competition
- Orchard Art Exhibition at Bayspace
- Beltane 2026
- Edible flowers – Celebrating Wild Flavours
- Wassail 2026
- Cornwall Sustainability Award Winner
- Telephone Box Takeover
- Apple day 2025
- Traditions Revived
- Currants in the Orchard – Black, Red and White
- Core Community Cafe
- Tregwary & Carnellis Veg Gardens
- Join our Surveying, ID, Recording, Mapping Team!
- Join the Dots for Nature
- Beltane 2025
- Nature Reserve Opening
- Core Ceilidh & Feast
- Bringing back the Scarecrows
- Join the Core-chestra Collective!
- Veg growing
- Wassail 2025
- Anti-Waste Pumpkin Party 2024
- Apple day 2024
- 2024 events & workshops
- Songs from the Core
- Funded Community Programme
- Summer Solstice 2024
- Beltane 2024
- The CORE opening





