Bude is an ideal location for an active family holiday, last minute break or romantic short break in North Cornwall.

Coastal and countryside holiday accommodation in Bude offers dog friendly holiday cottages and large holiday cottages for bigger family groups. You will find our hosts charming and helpful. Holiday cottages in Bude will give you the best of all worlds – good value family holiday accommodation, weekend holiday cottages, luxury holiday cottages and luxury weekend cottages. 

Choose a self catering cottage, farmhouse bed and breakfast at Bude, North Cornwall, through Cartwheel Holidays.   

Bude, once a town renowned for many shipwrecks, is a traditional and beautiful seaside resort located on the North Cornish coastline and has been welcoming visitors since the Victorian times. With its spectacular scenery, natural surroundings of rock pools and sandy beaches and welcoming atmosphere, this sophisticated town is sure to captivate the heart of all travellers who stop by.

With lots of activities on offer, it is up to you how active you want to be: the beaches are safe and sandy – great for families as most have lifeguard cover in the Summer months. As well as being loved by surfers and swimmers alike this area is also a haven for walkers too, with its rugged Cornish coastline.

The town boasts an assortment of shops and recreational activities, a large supermarket and an indoor heated swimming pool. If you visit in late August then be sure not to miss the Jazz festival frequented by many international guests.

Fishing and sailing are also popular activities on the Bude canal, an engineering triumph of the 19th century. Highly commended is Stratton Museum where exhibits include items and photographs on the unique canal.

The nearby village of Stratton is famed for the Battle of Stratton in 1643, and the 7’4” Cornish giant Anthony Payne who was enlisted as a bodyguard to the Royalist Sir Bevil Grenville. More places in close proximity worth a visit are Tintagel, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, one of the best-known places in Cornwall.

Also highly acclaimed is Lundy island with its spectacular scenery teeming rich with wildlife.