  thumb|st ives bay showing godrevy head and godrevy island (top right) thumb|godrevy lighthouse at sunset, april 2007 thumb|from the knavocks to godrevy point godrevy (, meaning small farms) ( )bbc pronouncing dictionary of british names (oxford university press, 1971), p. 62. is an area on the eastern side of st ives bay, west cornwall, england, united kingdom. facing 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. 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 cafe. == godrevy head == left|thumb|map of godrevy head the headland () is on the atlantic coast in cornwall on the eastern side of st ives bay and about three miles (5&nbsp;km) northâeast of the town of hayle. the nearest village is gwithian, halfâaâmile west beyond godrevy bridge across the red river. the promontory is roughly square in shape and faces north into the atlantic occupying an area of approximately . in 1939,  and  of coastline was donated to the national trust by d w thomas of gwithian, followed by a further  of land adjoining godrevy farm in 1962 by nicholas and charles thomas. godrevy head has some of the best coastal heathland in cornwall, with many species of plant, animal and insect life. part of the headland, along with the coast to the east was designated as part of the godrevy head to st agnes sssi (site of special scientific interest) in 1951. the western side of the godrevy head is bounded by rocks to the north and a wide 
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