Beaches · South West England
Bude Sea Pool
Bude Sea Pool — Outdoor swimming pool / lido.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Bude Sea Pool is a place of interest in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Outdoor swimming pool / lido.". Coordinates: 50.8326°, -4.5540°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Bude Coast SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Bude Sea Pool is a partially man-made tidal swimming pool or lido in the rocks at Summerleaze Beach, Bude, Cornwall.
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Background
Description
Its size is 290 × 140 feet (88 × 43 m; approximate dimensions, as the pool is not symmetrical) with an area of about 3,500 m<sup>2</sup>. The volume is about 4,000 m<sup>3</sup> or 880,000 gallons, depending on how much sand the sea washes in. RNLI and the Bude Surf Lifesaving Club use the pool for training and exams. The pool is open 365 days a year, but only lifeguarded by RNLI during high seasons. On 19 October 2010 BBC Cornwall reported that the pool may face funding cuts as part of Cornwall Council's spending review. The possibility of cuts has drawn significant levels of protest from residents of Bude and beyond. The Friends of Bude Sea Pool, a volunteer charity organisation, was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.8326, -4.5540
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Bude-Stratton
- Postcode
- EX23 8HN
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Cornwall
- Established
- 1930
- Official site
- www.budeseapool.org
Sources
- osm: w286684106 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Bude Sea Pool (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Bude Sea Pool - tidal pool aerial image (29274549714).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bude Sea Pool?
- Bude Sea Pool is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode EX23 8HN), in the parish of Bude-Stratton.
- When was Bude Sea Pool built?
- Built or established in 1930.
- Is Bude Sea Pool a protected site?
- Yes — Bude Sea Pool is part of the Bude Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Bude Sea Pool free to visit?
- Yes, Bude Sea Pool is free to enter.
- How do I get to Bude Sea Pool?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EX23 8HN. It sits within the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.