Carbis Bay
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Template:GBmap Carbis Bay (Cornish: Karrbons) is a village in the district of Penwith in Cornwall, England; a constituent of the United Kingdom. Carbis Bay is often considered to be part of Lelant, and older settlement to the south of Carbis Bay. The 2001 census gave the combined population of Carbis Bay/Lelant as 3482 [1]. The village overlooks a bay, bordered to the west by Porthminster Point and to the east by Hawke's Point, which surrounds a popular family beach after which the village is named. The bay is part of the larger St. Ives Bay, which joins with the Atlantic ocean. Carbis Bay is a popular haunt of tourists, attracted both by the South West Coast Path that runs through the village, the longest National Trail in the UK, and the nearby beauty spot Hawke's Point. Additionally, the picturesque St Ives Bay Line railway, one of the few profit making branch lines in the UK, also serves the village [2].
The Knill, a 50 ft high monument to John Knill, Mayor of nearby St Ives during the 18th century, stands on a hillside behind the village [3].