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Local Information for Bude

Bude is a small resort town and watering-place in Cornwall on the north coast at the mouth of the river Neet. Notable buildings include the Early English parish church in the village of Poughill just outside of Bude, the parish church of St Michael and All Angels, Ebbingford Manor, and the town's oldest house, Quay cottage in the centre of town. Bude Canal which once ran to Launceston but now runs only a few miles inland.

The coastal scenery in the neighbourhood of Bude is particularly fine, especially towards the south. The geology of the area is worthy of some study. The cliffs, with their folded banded strata, have been broken into fantastic forms by the waves. Many ships have been wrecked on the jagged reefs which fringe their base. The figure-head of one of these, the “Bencoolen” lost in 1862, is preserved in the churchyard.

Bude is in the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency. It developed from the much older market town of Stratton, 1 1/8 miles inland to t...More