Bude, Cornwall to Crackington Haven, Cornwall

A easier walk than the last section, 8 miles from Bude to Crackington Haven

mile 8 - 10

This section is along the cliffs for two miles, past the Coast Guard lookout and a navigation marker, until you meet the road, and the path follows the road for a mile or more, until you drop down to Widemouth Sands

Approaching Widemouth Bay	Leaving Widemouth	The view north past Widemouth

mile 10-12

You can either walk along the long, wide, sandy  beach at Widemouth Bay, or along the top of a low cliff past the Old Salthouse Cottage.

Millook Haven		Folded Cliffs

mile 12-14

You climb up out of Widemouth Bay, and back to the rugged Cornish scenery again, descending to the sea again at Millook Haven. Here again there are fantastic Cliffs with layers of folded rock showing the sort of torment that the strata here underwent.

As the paths goes on south, it passes a wood of stunted Sessile Oaks, by a steep coombe. This is the only surviving Cornish oak wood. Gales and wood cutters got the rest

The section ends with two mote steep coombes to go down and up

mile 14 - 16

There is now only one steep coombe between you and Crackington Haven. The cliff path follows the tops of high cliffs (reaching to 430 feet) with there striking folded rock strata.

The path rounds the 400 foot Pencarrow Point, then drops down into Crackington Haven. This is a surfing beach, with a small gaggle of houses, a shop and a pub, the Coombe Barton.

The pub at Crackington Haven		Surf at Crackington Haven

And if you want to learn more about Cornwall, then try our Cornish information site, Cornwall Calling

Cornwall Coast - your guide to the Cornish Coastal Path