--- title: "Bude – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bude, United Kingdom: Bude is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet. Nearby…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bude" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bude.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Sninsk%C3%BD_kame%C5%88_%28v_zime%29_001.jpg/1920px-Sninsk%C3%BD_kame%C5%88_%28v_zime%29_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Town in Cornwall, England · United Kingdom # Bude Bude is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet. ![Bude](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Sninsk%C3%BD_kame%C5%88_%28v_zime%29_001.jpg/1920px-Sninsk%C3%BD_kame%C5%88_%28v_zime%29_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Bude · Milan Bališin The place Bude is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet. It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bude), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bude 7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Bude Canal The Bude Canal was a canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the Cornwall and Devon border territory in the United Kingdom, chiefly to bring lime-bearing sand for agricultural fertiliser. The Bude Canal system was one of the most unusual in Britain. 600 m · Canal in Cornwall, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bude_Canal) 2. Sandymouth Beach Sandymouth is a beach three miles north of Bude in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. 4.2 km · sandy beach in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandymouth_Beach) 3. St Andrew's Church, Bude St Andrew's Church is a Grade I listed church in Stratton, Bude, Cornwall. It is located along the main road in Stratton. 2.2 km · Grade I listed church in Bude-Stratton, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Stratton) 4. St Olaf's Church, Bude St Olaf's Church is a Church of England parish church in Poughill, Bude, Cornwall. It is a Grade I listed building. 2.3 km · church in Cornwall, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Olaf%27s_Church,_Poughill) 5. Church of St Swithin St Swithin's Church, Launcells is a Grade I listed parish church in Launcells, Cornwall, England. The building dates from the 14th to 17th centuries and is primarily a late-medieval Perpendicular church with later alterations. 3.3 km · church in Cornwall, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Swithin%27s_Church,_Launcells) 6. The Storm Tower The Storm Tower at Compass Point, Bude–Stratton, Cornwall, England, is an octagonal lookout tower, modelled on the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece. It is known locally as the Pepperpot. 1.1 km · tower in Bude, Cornwall, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_Point_Storm_Tower) 7. St Michael and All Angels Church, Bude St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade II listed church in Bude, Cornwall. 700 m · grade II listed church in Bude-Stratton, Cornwall, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Bude) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see The cliffs. Bude is the only part of the Cornish coast that is made of sandstone cliffs; starting from Hartland point (over the border in Devon), passing Bude and terminating just north of Boscastle (where the harder old Devonian slate cliffs becomes apparent), the carboniferous sandstone cliffs are the highest in Cornwall (the highest cliff in Cornwall is south of Bude, the 735 ft uninspiringly named "high cliff"). 1. Hawker's Hut Morwenstow, near Bude, EX23 9SR. From [Wikivoyage: Bude](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bude), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Bude and North Cornwall are known for great surfing on beaches such as Widemouth Bay (1 mile of golden sand and surf), Summerleaze and Crooklets. Sandy Mouth and Crackington Haven are just a short drive away. All these beaches have lifeguards during the summer months. Summerleaze Beach also has a tidal 90m seapool, one of only a few in the country. From [Wikivoyage: Bude](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bude), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Atlantic Diner Great food with giant portions of it for quite cheap! 2. Elements Marine Drive, EX23 0LZ, info@elements-life.co.uk. 3. Bay View Inn Marine Drive, EX23 0AW, reservations@bayviewinn.co.uk. 4. The Falcon Hotel Wholesome food, bar meals or in the restaurant. From [Wikivoyage: Bude](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bude), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Bude **Airports:** Cardiff (CWL), 105 km · Bristol (BRS), 142 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 264 km\ - Cardiff → Bude 120 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £23–31 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-bude) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Bude) - Bristol → Bude 153 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £18–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-bude) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Bude) - London → Bude 317 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · £33–45 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-bude) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Bude) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bude) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Bude Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bude. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 40 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 228 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 437 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 530 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 564 km If you know how people move in Bude – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbude&title=Bude&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbude), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Bude - [Stratton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/stratton) town in Cornwall, England, UK 2 km - [Marhamchurch](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/marhamchurch) civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England 2.6 km - [Launcells](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/launcells) hamlet and civil parish in Cornwall, England 5.4 km - [Poughill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/poughill) village in Cornwall, England, UK 2.2 km - [Bude-Stratton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bude-stratton) civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK 1.2 km - [Widemouth Bay](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/widemouth-bay) village in Cornwall, England, UK 5.4 km [The place page for Bude](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bude) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bude, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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