Bude
Bude is a small seaside resort town in north eastern Cornwall, England, in the civil church of Bude-Stratton and also at the mouth of the River Neet (also understood in your area as the River Strat). It was sometimes previously called Bude Haven. It lies southwest of Stratton, southern of Flexbury and Poughill, and also north of Widemouth Bay and also lies along the A3073 roadway off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France. Bude's coast encounters Bude Bay in the Celtic Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean. The population of the civil parish can be found under Bude-Stratton. Its earlier relevance was as a harbour, and after that a source of sea sand helpful for improving the moorland dirt. The Victorians favoured it as a watering place, and it was a popular seaside location in the 20th century. In the 1951 Cornwall quantity of The Buildings of England, Nikolaus Pevsner described Bude as "Not an appealing harbour-town compared with others in Cornwall and also Devon", and continues to state that the church is "useless".
