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Finally, to exciting Bude, an exceptional resort for destination holidays, weekend breaks, or DAYS OUT. Te sandy beaches offer unlimited fun from surfing, canoe and kayaking, sailing and windsurfing, rowing and pedalos, PLUS swimming to exploring the rock-pools. At Crooklets Beach there is a Pirate Ship and giant plastic globes allowing children to ‘walk on water’, plus, there is a cafe, restaurant and several food pubs. Summerleaze Beach has the Bude Sea Pool, where there are deck chairs, attendants and refreshments. During the summer there is craft to hire, nature and beach- based activities for the young and young at heart.
Away from the beaches, Bude is a hive of independent stores, with an especially strong scene for vintage fashion, art and collectibles. With a fresh surprise at every turn, exploring the shops is a great way to while away an afternoon. Glass blowing at the Beau Nidol Gallery is an example of the crafts.
Sport in Bude includes coasteering, rock climbing, cycling, golf, walking, fishing, archery, tenpin bowling, shooting and horse riding. For wet weather, there is an indoor swimming pool with flume and wave machine and Te Bude Recreation Ground has a super crazy golf course and tennis courts, plus indoor games such as table tennis, squash and pool. For culture there is THE CASTLE BUDE with exhibitions, a Heritage Centre, shop, and café.
THE CASTLE BUDE, owned and operated by Bude-Stratton Town Council, is Grade II listed, steeped in history and offers lots to see and do for free, whatever the weather. Open daily from 10am.
Widemouth Bay is a long sandy beach, looking out towards Lundy Island. Te old church of St Gennys has a wonderful coastal panorama from its churchyard. An outstanding pub here is the Bay View
Inn.
Morwenstow is our last point on the north Cornish coast. Tis is a wild and imposing place, offering the modern walker two worthy points of shelter, the Bush Inn has been a place of refuge for travellers since 950AD, when it was used by travelling monks, and beside the church, the Rectory Tea rooms, is said to be one of the best in Cornwall. Dominating the skyline for miles around are the satellite dishes at Cleeve Camp, built in 1969 these dishes monitor communications via satellites.
Te local rector (Reverend Hawker) in the 1800’s served a motley collection of smugglers, wreckers and dissenters from 1834 for the next forty years. He left his mark however, as it was he that created the celebrated Harvest Festival service, and his poem ‘Song of the Western Men’ - and shall Trelawney die? then twenty thousand Cornishmen shall
Te Castle is
home to Te Heritage Centre, Café Limelight, two galleries and a gift shop. Explore Bude’s history, enjoy our continuous regularly changing exhibition programme, relax with friends over drinks, light lunches or cakes. Tere is a large dog-friendly decking area open throughout the year. Licensed wedding and civil ceremony venue.
Along the coast is Sandy Mouth,
an ideal family spot with lovely sands and plenty of rock pools. Tere is the Sandy Mouth Cafe for sustenance and there is a holiday camp.
know the reason why - became Cornwall’s National Anthem. In the churchyard there is a cross marked ‘Unknown Yet Well Known’ this marks the grave of thirty or more seafarers that this Vicar brought up the cliffs to give them a Christian burial. His hut, ‘Hawker’s Hut’ is one of the National Trust’s smallest buildings.
THE CASTLE Bude Cornwall
Relax, Enjoy, Learn...
Café Limelight Art Galleries Heritage Centre
Gift Shop OPEN DAILY from 10am
www.thecastlebude.org.uk 01288 357300
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WHAT’S ON 2017 26–29 May Bude & Straton Folk Festival North Coast, Bude 16–17 June Electric Beach Festival Newquay 17 June Murdoch Day Redruth 24–25 June St Meryn Steam & Vintage Raly St Meryn, Padstow 25–26 June Newquay Surf 7’s Rugby Tournament 30 June–2 July Padstow Vintage Raly & Country Fair 7–8 July The Rock Oyster Festival Padstow 15 July Camborne Show Gwealavelan, Camborne 30 July Bude & Straton Heritage Day 9–13 Aug Boardmasters Festival Newquay 19 Aug Bude Carnival 29 Aug–1 Sept Bude Jaz Festival 8–10 Sept Redruth Pasty & Mining Festival 10–1 Sept Newquay Ladies’ Open County Pilot Gig Championships 9–23 Sept St Ives September Festival 8–10 Sept Newquay Fish Festival 23–24 Sept BSUPA National Championships Watergate Bay, Newquay 2–5 Nov Lowender Peran Celtic Festival Hotel Bristol, Narowcliff, Newquay
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