Widemouth Bay is a bay and beach on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, UK, approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and not far south of Widemouth Bay can be found many little inlets and coves.[1]
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Activities
The beach is popular for surfing and swimming and is patrolled in the summer by RNLI lifeguards. Several surfing schools operate on the beach because it has relatively gentle, easy to ride waves but on the other hand there can be big waves.[2] There are several cafe's on and around the beach as well as a pub and shops on the hill above the bay.
Geography of Widemouth Bay
Widemouth Bay is visually very similar to Southerndown and Ogmore-by-Sea across the Bristol Channel in Wales; it has the same (gently sloping) hill-top location; wide, sandy beach; pounding Atlantic surf; and significantly the same carboniferous sandstone cliffs. Another significant connection is that sloops from Wales would use Widemouth as a port (in the most basic sense), unloading coal and limestone; sloops would take back to Wales Cornish wares such as granite, slate, tin, copper and even Cornish pasties.
Transatlantic Cables
The gentle beaches in the bay are also the landing points for many Transatlantic Cables, such as Apollo, TAT-8 (although no longer in use since 2002), TAT-14 and AC-2, which are a vital link between the UK and the USA.
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