Memorials & monuments · South West England
Bude Light
Bude Light is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
Philip Halling — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Bude Light is a public memorial in South-West England, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. The site is within the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB). It sits within the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency. Postcode area EX23.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
A Bude-Light was a very bright oil lamp (later, in its modified form, a gas lamp) invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, patented by him on 8 June 1839 and named after Bude, Cornwall, where he lived.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 50.8285, -4.5476
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Bude-Stratton
- Postcode
- EX23 8LG
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Cornwall
- Official site
- www.thecastlebude.co.uk
Sources
- osm: n1983248320 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Bude-Light (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bude Light?
- Bude Light is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode EX23 8LG), in the parish of Bude-Stratton.
- Is Bude Light a protected site?
- Yes — Bude Light is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Bude Light free to visit?
- Yes, Bude Light is free to enter.
- How do I get to Bude Light?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EX23 8LG. It sits within the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.