OUT AND ABOUT IN CORNWALL AND DEVON
A spotlight on two very different holiday destinations
BUDE (Cornwall)
A quieter family resort- ideal for a beach holiday. Crooklets
beach is used for
surfing, spectacular breakwater, miles of fantastic yellow sandy
beaches and cliff
walks along this rugged coastline- among the best beaches in Cornwall.
Massive and
free open air swimming pool on the main beach. 2 reasonably priced
theme parks for
the kids just outside Kilkhampton village, a few miles from Bude;
Brocklands for the
younger children and Killarney Springs for the older- mostly under
cover so ideal for
when the weather is not so good.
Activities in Bude: Golf course, indoor and outdoor swimming pools,
rowing on Bude
Canal.
New Tourist Information Centre in The Crescent car park- BUDE (01288)
354240
with useful local little maps showing footpath walks, local info
and other Cornwall
holiday information.
EXETER (Devon)
Just because one is on holiday in Devon or Cornwall and has come
mainly for the
countryside and beaches it is a pity to avoid the attractions
of the larger towns and
cities, which are often historic and offer many attractions.
Exeter is a cathedral and university city, an historic city mainly
composed of Tudor
and other older buildings.Stepcote Hill (only surviving medieval
street in the city),
Mol’s Coffee House of 1596. An old ship canal , built in the 16th
cent runs near the
city centre and is a tourist spot with waterside shops and restaurants
-’Exeter Historic
Quayside’-with maritime museum.
Tourist Information Centre (all year)- EXETER 01392 265700.
Places of Interest for those on holiday-all in the city of Exteter:
Quay House Visitor Centre- ancient srtifacts, models and information
on the ship
canal and quayside.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery. Far better than
most museums, just
off main shops, with large collection of large stuffed mammals.
In common with
many museums now has periodic displays/exhibitions with children
in mind.
Underground Passages. Mediaeval underground conduits. Exhibition,
with guided
tour, audio visual aids. This is Britain’s only subterranean waterways
open to the
public-just off High Street near Boots shop.
Exeter Cathedral. Largest Gothic vaulted nave in the country- Norman
towers.
Catacombs. The city’s 17th century underground catacombes
of the old cemetry-
guided tours only- information from tourist centre.
Exeter City Walls- Ancient roman walls- roman exeter city is displayed
in model form
in the Royal Albert Museum.
St Nicholas Priory- Guest wing of a Norman Benedictine priory-just
off Fore Street.