Bude is a resort town located on the north Cornwall coast between Widemouth Bay to the South and Northcott Mouth to the north. There are two main beaches at Bude, Summerleaze and Crooklets. Bude is famous for many things.
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Bude
offers all round facilities and entertainment for the whole family.
Golfers and walkers, surfers and sailors, sun seekers and sand lovers all
come to Bude. In and around the Bude and Stratton area can be found
excellent accommodation catering for all tastes. Close to many other local
places of interest such as
Kilkhampton and
Widemouth. Bude's
beaches are patrolled by R.N.L.I lifeguards during the summer months and
there are several surf schools and activity centres to cater for your
needs. Sea fishing and boat charter from Bude aboard boats such as the
Mantis offer
fishing and sightseeing trips along the coast up to Lundy island, where
you can often see the dolphins at play and the basking sharks and
occasionally the odd sunfish.
Bude
The
beautiful beaches in Bude are surrounded by stunning cliff and valley
walks along a Canal that ends on the beach. With river and marshland walks
through picturesque Cornish country side and cliff side Golf coupled with
excellent surfing and outward bound centres nearby. Horse trekking is
another way to explore or maybe by boat. Bude is a lively Cornish seaside
resort that has something for everyone. Bude has some of the best surfing
beaches in Britain and a challenging 18 hole links golf course right in
the middle of town adjacent to Crooklets.
There are lots of other activities to do in the local area such as horse
riding, sea and fresh water fishing, kayaking, karting and mountain
boarding.
Throughout the summer there are various activities such as lifeboat day,
Poldark fayre,
and a week long festival of jazz with visiting national and international
artists performing.
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Bude Canal
Bude
boasts the only canal lock and sea gate to the open ocean in Britain. The
Canal was originally constructed to transport the lime rich sea sand to
farms in the area for fertiliser. The sea lock of the canal as a depth of
10-15 feet depending on the tide and is the only working lock gate that
opens to the sea in Britain.
Ships brought cargo's of limestone, coal and other goods that were stored
on the upper wharf in the Petherick Building, which has long since gone.
The remains of one of the lime kilns on the wharf is still visible, as is
a foundry and a timber mill which have now been converted into housing.
Boat building and repairs also took place around here and vessels
travelled to and fro via the sea locks, inland up the canal past "Falcon
Bridge", formerly a swing bridge that as since been replaced.
Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Sands and Widemouth Bay lay south of Bude. The bay is a long open sandy beach at the north and more rocky and pebbly as you near the south of the beach by Black Rock more...
Bude Info
Summerleaze beach at Bude has produced several recent successes in the surfing world. Reubyn Ash (current European junior champion) and his brother joss (2006 Rip Curl English National Champion) were brought up in the surf around Bude. Mike Raven, former British, English and European surfing champion and Etnies UK team rider, has been surfing the area for over 20 years. more...