Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Bay is a bay, beach and small village on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about 3 miles south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in smuggling history from previous centuries, and not far south of Widemouth Bay can be found many little inlets and coves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Widemouth Bay, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poundstock and Our Lady and St Anne’s Church, Widemouth Bay.
Poundstock
Historic building
Photo: Winwaloe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poundstock is a civil parish and a hamlet on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated four miles south of Bude half-a-mile west of the A39 trunk road about one mile from the coast. Poundstock is situated 2 miles southeast of Widemouth Bay.
Our Lady and St Anne’s Church, Widemouth Bay
Church
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of Our Lady and St Anne is a small Anglican church in the village of Widemouth Bay, Cornwall. The church was built in 1929 as a private oratory and was originally located at the opposite end of the village.
St Winwaloe’s Church, Poundstock
Church
Photo: Winwaloe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Winwaloe's Church, Poundstock is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Poundstock, Cornwall. St Winwaloe’s Church, Poundstock is situated 2 miles southeast of Widemouth Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millook and Bangors.
Millook
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millook is a deep coastal valley and hamlet in the parish of Poundstock, on the north coast of Cornwall, England. In 2014 the cliffs at Millook Haven were voted by the Geological Society of London as one of Britain's top 10 geological sites, leading the "folding and faulting" category.
Bangors
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bangors is a village in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately four miles south of Bude on the A39 trunk road, within the civil parish of Poundstock. Bangors is situated 2 miles southeast of Widemouth Bay.
Widemouth Bay
- Categories: village and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Widemouth Bay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Widemouth Bay”
- Cebuano: “Widemouth Bay”
- Chinese: “怀德茅斯贝”
- Dutch: “Widemouth Bay”
- French: “Widemouth Bay”
- German: “Widemouth Bay”
- Irish: “Widemouth Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Widemouth Bay”
- Polish: “Widemouth Bay”
- Swedish: “Widemouth Bay”
- Welsh: “Widemouth Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Millook Haven and Penhalt Cliff.
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