Sharon’s Guidebook to Beautiful Bude

Sharon
Sharon’s Guidebook to Beautiful Bude

Sightseeing

There is so much to see and do around Bude. The South West Coastal Path is endless and endlessly beautiful, with hidden coves, steep cliffs, and long sandy beaches. The following places are some of my personal favourites, many of which you can walk to from Stone's Throw.
Walk the South West Coastal Path from Crooklets beach and in just 20 minutes you will arrive at this beautiful unspoilt beach. Time it right and at low tide you can walk all the way along the sand. It's a 5 minute drive (down Maer Lane), parking is by donation in the National Trust car park. It has all the charms of a rural beach, but is close to town. Dog friendly all year round. Don't forget to visit Sip & Sea for coffee, cake or even a cocktail! Live music sessions at the weekend (weather permitting).
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Northcott Mouth Beach
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Walk the South West Coastal Path from Crooklets beach and in just 20 minutes you will arrive at this beautiful unspoilt beach. Time it right and at low tide you can walk all the way along the sand. It's a 5 minute drive (down Maer Lane), parking is by donation in the National Trust car park. It has all the charms of a rural beach, but is close to town. Dog friendly all year round. Don't forget to visit Sip & Sea for coffee, cake or even a cocktail! Live music sessions at the weekend (weather permitting).
This is a great rainy day destination, with local museum, two art galleries, and a cafe with one of the best views in town.
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バード城
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This is a great rainy day destination, with local museum, two art galleries, and a cafe with one of the best views in town.
Summerleaze Beach is to the South of Crooklets, and you can get to it simply by following the coastal path or if driving following the one way system through town. There you will find the Sea Pool, Canal, and The Breakwater. Well worth an explore. The most popular local beach for swimming, surfing and crabbing! Lifeguarded during the Summer months. Dogs allowed off lead before 10am and after 6pm and on lead between those times in the Summer.
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サマーリーズ・ビーチ
Summerleaze Crescent
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Summerleaze Beach is to the South of Crooklets, and you can get to it simply by following the coastal path or if driving following the one way system through town. There you will find the Sea Pool, Canal, and The Breakwater. Well worth an explore. The most popular local beach for swimming, surfing and crabbing! Lifeguarded during the Summer months. Dogs allowed off lead before 10am and after 6pm and on lead between those times in the Summer.
The canal once went all the way to Holsworthy. These days you can walk, run or cycle the route, enjoying the birdlife and nature, and the Weir at the far end does a great cream tea/ice cream/lunch/dinner. At the Bude end pay a visit to The Barge tea room. 4 mile circular flat/easy route. Kayaks, paddle boats and canoes are also available to hire.
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Bude Canal
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The canal once went all the way to Holsworthy. These days you can walk, run or cycle the route, enjoying the birdlife and nature, and the Weir at the far end does a great cream tea/ice cream/lunch/dinner. At the Bude end pay a visit to The Barge tea room. 4 mile circular flat/easy route. Kayaks, paddle boats and canoes are also available to hire.
Clovelly village is famous the world over. It remains a working fishing village and plays host to many events, celebrating its history and its Gardens. It clings to a 400 foot cliff in North Devon and has no vehicular traffic on its steeply cobbled street, just donkeys and sledges. Time to enjoy a step back in time.
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クローブリー
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Clovelly village is famous the world over. It remains a working fishing village and plays host to many events, celebrating its history and its Gardens. It clings to a 400 foot cliff in North Devon and has no vehicular traffic on its steeply cobbled street, just donkeys and sledges. Time to enjoy a step back in time.
In just an hour's drive you can visit the world famous Eden Project. You can't come to Cornwall and miss this out! Pre and online booking advisable.
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エデン・プロジェクト
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In just an hour's drive you can visit the world famous Eden Project. You can't come to Cornwall and miss this out! Pre and online booking advisable.
Bude Sea Pool is a beautiful, part natural, part man-made swimming pool in the rocks at Summerleaze Beach. Created in 1930, the Sea Pool has provided safe bathing at Bude for over 80 years. It is one of the very few tidal swimming pools which still remains open to the general public today and is open throughout the year, free for all to enjoy. The Pool is topped up by the sea at high tide each day. Great for an early morning dip!
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Bude Sea Pool
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Bude Sea Pool is a beautiful, part natural, part man-made swimming pool in the rocks at Summerleaze Beach. Created in 1930, the Sea Pool has provided safe bathing at Bude for over 80 years. It is one of the very few tidal swimming pools which still remains open to the general public today and is open throughout the year, free for all to enjoy. The Pool is topped up by the sea at high tide each day. Great for an early morning dip!
This is our local (and favourite!) beach. It's a 3 minute walk away, is always quieter than Summerleaze and has lifeguard cover in high season. When the tide is low, you can walk along the beach northwards to Northcott Beach.
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クルックレッツビーチ
South West Coast Path
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This is our local (and favourite!) beach. It's a 3 minute walk away, is always quieter than Summerleaze and has lifeguard cover in high season. When the tide is low, you can walk along the beach northwards to Northcott Beach.
A fantastic little village not far from Bude, with a lovely old harbour and the infamous Witches museum. Enjoy a pint or 2 in the Cobweb Inn. Stunning scenery and right on the South West Coastal Path.
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Boscastle Harbour
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A fantastic little village not far from Bude, with a lovely old harbour and the infamous Witches museum. Enjoy a pint or 2 in the Cobweb Inn. Stunning scenery and right on the South West Coastal Path.
For a day trip out of town, Hartland Quay is a secret gem that time forgot. Drive down the winding cost road to the end. Incredible views, and the pub does a good pint! Lovely little gift shop, and a great place to start stunning coastal path walks.
Hartland Quay
For a day trip out of town, Hartland Quay is a secret gem that time forgot. Drive down the winding cost road to the end. Incredible views, and the pub does a good pint! Lovely little gift shop, and a great place to start stunning coastal path walks.
If you don't mind joining quite a few others who've had the same idea, visit the supposed home of King Arthur. It's a great day trip, but worth calling in advance to book tickets.
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Castle Road
If you don't mind joining quite a few others who've had the same idea, visit the supposed home of King Arthur. It's a great day trip, but worth calling in advance to book tickets.
A small fishing village possibly best known as the fictional Portwenn from the ITV television series Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes and also home to the Fisherman's Friends. Can get busy in high season
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ポート・アイザック・ハーバー
Church Hill
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A small fishing village possibly best known as the fictional Portwenn from the ITV television series Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes and also home to the Fisherman's Friends. Can get busy in high season

Food scene

This is a list of my favourite eateries in the area. I strongly recommend booking as early as possible - even before you arrive - to ensure a place, particularly in high season. If using takeaways, again, it is best to call early and book your slot. There are lots of lovely places to eat and I'm sure I've missed a few off, please feel free to suggest recommendations. Some eateries offer a free delivery. When ordering please just mention the apartment is situated in the lane between Victoria Rd and Downs View and number 71.
A real favourite with the locals and holiday makers...booking is essential! Fantastic food, great staff, laid back and friendly atmosphere and good prices. Very highly recommended!
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The Deck
19 Summerleaze Cres
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A real favourite with the locals and holiday makers...booking is essential! Fantastic food, great staff, laid back and friendly atmosphere and good prices. Very highly recommended!
Great Italian style pizzas.... eat in, takeaway or free delivery to Stone's Throw Apartment. Booking essential
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La Bocca Pizza Kitchen
24 The Strand
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Great Italian style pizzas.... eat in, takeaway or free delivery to Stone's Throw Apartment. Booking essential
Great tapas in a fun atmosphere. Just off the canal path. Booking essential. Dog friendly
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The Bank at Bude Tapas and Grill
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Great tapas in a fun atmosphere. Just off the canal path. Booking essential. Dog friendly
Some people say this is the best Indian in town, eat in or take away. Booking essential.
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Bude Tandoori
12A Burn View
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Some people say this is the best Indian in town, eat in or take away. Booking essential.
Others say this one is! Eat in or take away. Booking essential.
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Mirchi
7 Lansdown Rd
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Others say this one is! Eat in or take away. Booking essential.
Great place to sit in or outside on the canal side and watch the world go by. Great veggie options too. Booking essential.
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Olive Tree Bude ~ coffee house ~ bar ~ bistro ~
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Great place to sit in or outside on the canal side and watch the world go by. Great veggie options too. Booking essential.
Fab and quirky little cafe in a converted barge on the canal (beach end). Great cakes!
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The Barge
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Fab and quirky little cafe in a converted barge on the canal (beach end). Great cakes!
A great place for a mid walk break, either on a circular canal loop, or extend it to take in Widemouth Bay and the coastal path on the return. Eat in or outside. Dog friendly.
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The Weir Bistro
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A great place for a mid walk break, either on a circular canal loop, or extend it to take in Widemouth Bay and the coastal path on the return. Eat in or outside. Dog friendly.
In my opinion, the best fish and chips in town!
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The Mermaid Takeaway
2 Princes St
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In my opinion, the best fish and chips in town!
And the best pasties!
Tasty Pasties Bude
4 Princes St
And the best pasties!
And the best gin & tonic! Great winebar /cafe/ off license. Sit in or out and watch the world go by.
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North Coast Wine Warehouse & Lounge
1 Lansdown Rd
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And the best gin & tonic! Great winebar /cafe/ off license. Sit in or out and watch the world go by.
Bude's newest and most talked about restaurant! Fantastic reviews, outstanding food, lovely staff and great location. This is definitely one to book ahead for and perfect for a special occasion
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Potters
2 Lansdown Rd
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Bude's newest and most talked about restaurant! Fantastic reviews, outstanding food, lovely staff and great location. This is definitely one to book ahead for and perfect for a special occasion
Very cool bagel and coffee house. Cocktails are excellent too! Dog friendly.
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House of Chaplin
2 Morwenna Road
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Very cool bagel and coffee house. Cocktails are excellent too! Dog friendly.
Our local cafe/restaurant/pizzeria/meeting place (less than 500 yards away). Wonderfully relaxed, child and dog friendly, and serving great food. From a full English breakfast to fish and chips or just an ice cream, you won't be disappointed!
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Rosies Kitchen And Starboard Wood Fired Bistro
Crooklets
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Our local cafe/restaurant/pizzeria/meeting place (less than 500 yards away). Wonderfully relaxed, child and dog friendly, and serving great food. From a full English breakfast to fish and chips or just an ice cream, you won't be disappointed!
Fancy cocktails at sunset? Elements at The Beach at Bude is popular with locals and holidaymakers. Sit back, relax and watch the sun go down and the surfers catching the last waves of the day. Excellent lunch and dinner menus. it's our favourite place to eat.
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Elements Hotel and Restaurant
20 Summerleaze Crescent
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Fancy cocktails at sunset? Elements at The Beach at Bude is popular with locals and holidaymakers. Sit back, relax and watch the sun go down and the surfers catching the last waves of the day. Excellent lunch and dinner menus. it's our favourite place to eat.
Cool café with a relaxed, eco-chic vibe offering a healthy, seasonal menu & regular DJs. Closed Mon/Tues
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Temple
10 Granville Ter
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Cool café with a relaxed, eco-chic vibe offering a healthy, seasonal menu & regular DJs. Closed Mon/Tues
Our favourite local place for a beer and local music. Great breakfasts, lunches (lobster!) and a perfect stop for a sundowner. Very popular with locals and holidaymakers
Crooklets Beach Cafe
Our favourite local place for a beer and local music. Great breakfasts, lunches (lobster!) and a perfect stop for a sundowner. Very popular with locals and holidaymakers

Pubs & Nightlife

Very popular traditional canal side pub. Eat in or out, booking essential. Dog friendly
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The Brendon Arms
Vicarage Road
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Very popular traditional canal side pub. Eat in or out, booking essential. Dog friendly
Great traditional pub a 20 min walk from Stone's Throw Apartment (out of Bude). Friendly landlord, great pub food, beers and an open fire. Live music every Tuesday & Friday nights. Booking for food essential, particularly Sunday lunch and in high season. Dog friendly
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The Preston Gate Inn
Poughill Road
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Great traditional pub a 20 min walk from Stone's Throw Apartment (out of Bude). Friendly landlord, great pub food, beers and an open fire. Live music every Tuesday & Friday nights. Booking for food essential, particularly Sunday lunch and in high season. Dog friendly
The closest pub/bar to the apartment and on the way to Crooklets Beach. A popular sports bar, with inside as well as lots of outside seating.
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Crooklets Inn
Crooklets
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The closest pub/bar to the apartment and on the way to Crooklets Beach. A popular sports bar, with inside as well as lots of outside seating.
The most popular bar in town. Serving the young and young at heart.
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Bar 35
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The most popular bar in town. Serving the young and young at heart.
If someone in Bude asks you if you're going to BED they might mean Bude's End Destination. It's the only nightclub in town!
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BED Nightclub Bude
37 The Strand
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If someone in Bude asks you if you're going to BED they might mean Bude's End Destination. It's the only nightclub in town!
North Cornwall's 1st micro pub. It may be tiny but it packs a punch! Local music evenings showcasing the best of Bude musicians. NB, no phones, children or large dogs allowed!
The Barrel at Bude
North Cornwall's 1st micro pub. It may be tiny but it packs a punch! Local music evenings showcasing the best of Bude musicians. NB, no phones, children or large dogs allowed!

For Shopaholics!

If you like to include a little shopping when you are on holiday you will find Bude is the perfect little town. It has a great selection of cool independent stores, it’s not just the awesome surf shops that attracts visitors, there are vintage fashion shops, art galleries, antiques and collectables. It’s refreshingly diverse with a surprise at every turn, exploring the shops in Bude is a great way to spend an afternoon and only minutes from the beaches and restaurants. Think hip little boutiques, fashion and crafts rather than chain stores and you will get the picture. Here are just a few of them ...
Bet you won't leave this little shop without buying something! Packed full of gifts from around the world.
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Wildwood
28-30 Lansdown Rd
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Bet you won't leave this little shop without buying something! Packed full of gifts from around the world.
A wonderful independent book and gift shop. This lovely little shop isn’t just for the bookworms; you’ll find something for everyone here, from books on cooking and upcycling furniture, to fiction and classic novels. There’s even a selection of book categories that are signed by the author, for a more personal and unique gift. You’re bound to find something appealing, but Spencer Thorn also has an online shop, stocking lovely smelling cosmetics, stationary, and decorative items for the home.
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Spencer Thorn
Belle Vue
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A wonderful independent book and gift shop. This lovely little shop isn’t just for the bookworms; you’ll find something for everyone here, from books on cooking and upcycling furniture, to fiction and classic novels. There’s even a selection of book categories that are signed by the author, for a more personal and unique gift. You’re bound to find something appealing, but Spencer Thorn also has an online shop, stocking lovely smelling cosmetics, stationary, and decorative items for the home.
With a great selection of wetsuits, surfboards, clothes and footwear, Bude SurfCabin is the shop of choice for surfers in Bude. With ladies’, men’s and children’s departments, you’ll find the perfect present for a beach-lover, with a great selection of surfboard accessories like fins, leashes and tail pads too. Ian is the man to talk to, he can also provide wetsuit and board hire to give surfing a go.
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Bude Surf Cabin
7 Morwenna Terrace
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With a great selection of wetsuits, surfboards, clothes and footwear, Bude SurfCabin is the shop of choice for surfers in Bude. With ladies’, men’s and children’s departments, you’ll find the perfect present for a beach-lover, with a great selection of surfboard accessories like fins, leashes and tail pads too. Ian is the man to talk to, he can also provide wetsuit and board hire to give surfing a go.
Great little independent deli selling local cheeses and meats and a well stocked small supermarket for everything else. Opening hours: 7am - 10pm daily
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Lansdown Dairy
3-5 Lansdown Rd
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Great little independent deli selling local cheeses and meats and a well stocked small supermarket for everything else. Opening hours: 7am - 10pm daily
LOVE BUDE, HATE WASTE - A plastic packaging-free shop in Bude operating as a social enterprise, 100% profits to local projects. Bring your own containers for cereal, pasta, rice, oils and vinegars, herbs and spices, chocolate treats, cleaning products, toiletries, plastic free gifts
Refill Shop
12a Belle Vue Ln
LOVE BUDE, HATE WASTE - A plastic packaging-free shop in Bude operating as a social enterprise, 100% profits to local projects. Bring your own containers for cereal, pasta, rice, oils and vinegars, herbs and spices, chocolate treats, cleaning products, toiletries, plastic free gifts

Supermarkets

In town there is a Co-op, Morrisons, Lidl and Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's is walking distance, and the smallest of them all. Co-Op is in the centre of town, Morrisons and Lidl are towards the A39 at the top/main entrance of town. Please be aware that during peak season they will be busy, and there will probably be queues.
Your local supermarket is just 750m away. Do stop to admire the Bude tunnel to it's right which was Trip Advisors top tourist attraction in Bude for some weeks. :) It was also covered in flashing fairy lights one Christmas and did look quite spectacular - it even made the West Country News!
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Sainsbury's
Dennison Road
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Your local supermarket is just 750m away. Do stop to admire the Bude tunnel to it's right which was Trip Advisors top tourist attraction in Bude for some weeks. :) It was also covered in flashing fairy lights one Christmas and did look quite spectacular - it even made the West Country News!

Activities & Experiences

Enjoy your favourite pastime or learn something new in Bude
One of the great established surf school with highly qualified instructors who teach all ages at Summerleaze Beach. Bude Surfing experience offer surf lessons from just £35pp for 2.5hrs with equipment included. Booking essential
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Bude Surfing Experience
Summerleaze Crescent
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One of the great established surf school with highly qualified instructors who teach all ages at Summerleaze Beach. Bude Surfing experience offer surf lessons from just £35pp for 2.5hrs with equipment included. Booking essential
Another great surf school, booking essential
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Big Blue Surf School
Summerleaze
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Another great surf school, booking essential
Surfing, canoeing, paddle boarding, coasteering ... if it's fun, these guys do it. Booking essential.
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Shoreline Extreme Sports
11A Crooklets
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Surfing, canoeing, paddle boarding, coasteering ... if it's fun, these guys do it. Booking essential.
Great fun for everyone, paddling open canoes on the gorgeous Bude Canal. No experience or special clothing required. Booking essential
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The Bude Canoe Experience
Staddon Road
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Great fun for everyone, paddling open canoes on the gorgeous Bude Canal. No experience or special clothing required. Booking essential
There are fantastic rowing boats and pedalos to hire on The Bude Canal, perfect for a leisurely few hours on the water exploring and enjoying the amazing scenery.
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Bude Rowing Boats
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There are fantastic rowing boats and pedalos to hire on The Bude Canal, perfect for a leisurely few hours on the water exploring and enjoying the amazing scenery.
Broomhill Manor Stables is a fun and friendly riding stables on the outskirts of Bude. They offer riding for all ages and abilities on well-schooled horses and ponies. Beginners can hire all the gear and take to the reins in safety, while for the keen rider it doesn't get much purer than leaving some hoof prints in the sand down on the beach!
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Broomhill Manor Riding Stables
Broomhill Lane
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Broomhill Manor Stables is a fun and friendly riding stables on the outskirts of Bude. They offer riding for all ages and abilities on well-schooled horses and ponies. Beginners can hire all the gear and take to the reins in safety, while for the keen rider it doesn't get much purer than leaving some hoof prints in the sand down on the beach!
Get creative painting pots/plates/mugs. Don't just buy a gift ... make one!
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The Kitchen Front
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Get creative painting pots/plates/mugs. Don't just buy a gift ... make one!
Located on The Crescent, with easy parking right next to the town centre and beaches, Bude TIC has a wide range of services and goods to offer, including: Books, guides, maps and leaflets detailing local walks, history and more. Gifts, souvenirs and Cornish confectionary. Local artwork and heritage exhibits. All the information you need on local attractions, day trips and transport. Bookings taken for local walks. fishing trips and tours Local event listings and discount vouchers Free Wifi and PC Stations to browse and print Open daily from 10am until 5pm, excluding Sunday when they close at 4pm.
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Bude Tourist Information Centre
The Crescent
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Located on The Crescent, with easy parking right next to the town centre and beaches, Bude TIC has a wide range of services and goods to offer, including: Books, guides, maps and leaflets detailing local walks, history and more. Gifts, souvenirs and Cornish confectionary. Local artwork and heritage exhibits. All the information you need on local attractions, day trips and transport. Bookings taken for local walks. fishing trips and tours Local event listings and discount vouchers Free Wifi and PC Stations to browse and print Open daily from 10am until 5pm, excluding Sunday when they close at 4pm.