ST IVES CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• Where is St Ives ?

  Cambridgeshire
• how far away is St ives cambridgeshire from london?

  70 miles NORTH
• What has the town experienced?

  counter-urbanisation
• what are pull factors?


  • classed as a picturesque town
  • good rail links to Cambridge and London
• what type of place is st ives cambridgeshire?

  a town
• St Ives Cambridgeshire:

  
• give 3 impacts of suburbanisation in st ives cambridgeshire?

  • traffic congestion
  • more services in the town eg shops selling goods other than food
  • prices of houses rose between 2000 and 2010
• what were solutions in st ives cambridgeshire?

  2010- plan approved to build 200 new houses in st ives - at least 75 of them affordable housing

  plans to expand primary schools to make 240 more places available
• what does counter-urbanisation lead to?

  the growth of areas beyond the main city, most often in rural areas
• give 4 characteristics of counter-urbanisation?

  • road improvements
  • dormitory settlement
  • new modern housing estates
  • thriving primary schools