Bude and Stratton in North Cornwall

Bude Beaches – Crooklets

Crooklets beach is located to the north of Summerleaze beach and is easily found by either walking north along the coast path for about 7 minutes or if you are in a car then if you pass through the centre of Bude and head out of the one way system at the top of Bude town centre, to the left just past the golf course, Crooklets is approximately 500 metres away. To find the Mermaids Pool which is a natural arch eroded by the sea. Follow the headland north from Crooklets walking towards Northcott Mouth and approximatley750 yards along this stretch is the pool. Incidentally, I have never seen a Mermaid in the pool.

************************************************************* Please take care along our shore, and you will leave here wanting more. But if the warnings you ignore, then you may get more than you bargained for. Stay Safe Play Safe ************************************************************* Bude town is located along North Cornwall’s rugged Atlantic coast.

Stratton is a part of Bude but Bude Stratton has a very different feel to Bude Town. At the heart is a pretty focal point in the centre that leads off in all directions, the quaint patchwork of houses and cottages in this lovely part of town are best explored on foot to be really appreciated. In case of accidents, Stratton community hospital as the name suggest, is located on hospital road in Stratton.

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Bude (Cornish: Bud) is a small seaside resort town in north Cornwall at the mouth of the River Neet. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in France. It is suggested that the modern name is a shortened form of Bude Haven and that this in turn was a corruption of the name Bede Haven meaning “Harbour of the holy men” suggesting Bude might have been a landing place for early Christians. The Victorians favoured it as a watering place, and it was a popular seaside destination in the twentieth century. Tourism is the main industry in the Bude area whilst some fishing is carried on. In the past, the staple trade was the export of sand, which, being highly charged with carbonate of lime, was much used for manure. There are also golf links in the town. There is some local debate as to the origins of the golf course. It has been suggested the land the course occupies was given to the town for leisure use and that a few wealthy individuals took it to create a golf course excluding most of the townspeople from full enjoyment of the land. At the northern most point of Efford Down Farm, over looking Summerleaze Beach and the breakwater, a former coastguard lookout stands. Known as Compass Point and built by the Acland family in 1840 of local sandstone, it is based on the Temple of Winds in Athens. It was moved to its current position in 1880. It is so called as it has points of the compass carved in each of its octagonal sides. St Gennys church can be found in the Rosecare Hamlet. It is dedicated to St Genesius who carried is head with him after he had been decapitated.

Bude & Stratton

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