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Historic Buildings

  • English Heritage – Launceston Castle
    Launceston Castle, Castle Lodge, Guildhall Square, Launceston PL15 7DR
    www.english-heritage.org.uk | 01566772365

Stately Homes & Gardens

Beaches

All of the beaches listed below (except Wanson Mouth) are amply supplied with cafes, pubs and shops.

  • Wanson Mouth
    The lovely little beach we look out onto is privately owned by the other residents of our hamlet – we are lucky enough to have right of access to it from the gate off our lawn. Please treat it with respect and leave no litter or dog mess. It is not recommended to swim from this beach due to the rocks. The shore is protected by heavily striated rocks which make wonderful rock pools stuffed with crabs, shrimps, snails and anemones – take a net and see what you can discover!
  • Widemouth Bay
    Just a 15-minute walk along the famous SW coast path up the steps and over the hill to Black Rock Beach, which links on to Widemouth Bay, both excellent swimming beaches with designated coastguard-protected swimming areas. The waves can be very strong and the rip tide deadly. Please ONLY swim within flagged areas and be very careful of your children. People die every year because they underestimate the power of the sea. Because we are on the north coast we usually have fabulous, regular and impressive waves – brilliant for surfing, boogie boarding and body boarding.
  • Summerleaze Beach
    Head into Bude and follow the signs for Summerleaze Beach. It’s a beautiful, wide, golden, sandy beach with a newly revamped sea pool, excellent cafes and they even have beach huts for hire.
    Bude EX23 8HN
  • Crackington Haven Beach
    A beautiful beach with rock pools, a stony area for those who hate sand in their sandwiches and a sandy section at low tide for those all-important sandcastles or games of beach cricket. Two cafes and a pub plus parking make this a perennial favourite.
    Bude EX23 9JG

Places to Shop

  • Bude
    Quirky, traditional, honest seaside town with a fabulous mix of old-school and modern shops. White Stuff, Boots and Sainsbury’s sit happily side by side with Nanny Wendy’s Fudge Kitchen, amazing fish and chips, a choice of great delis and butchers as well as achingly cool surf wear stores. It’s got it all and a decent cup of coffee too!
  • Launceston
    Launceston is a traditional market town 30 minutes’ drive away with castle ruins, some excellent traditional shops and stop off at the incredible local butcher Warrens in the Pennygillam Industrial Estate on your way through and stock up on amazing local produce and the best Cornish Pasties we’ve found!