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South West England

Widemouth Bay – Bude Canal loop from Lower Tamar CP

Road cycling routes

South West England

Widemouth Bay – Bude Canal loop from Lower Tamar CP

Hard

2

riders

Widemouth Bay – Bude Canal loop from Lower Tamar CP

04:32

81.2km

1,250m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 64.4 km for 200 m

After 68.9 km for 62 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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6.92 km

Foxhole Copse

Forest

2

28.2 km

Warbstow Bury Iron Age Hill Fort

Highlight • Viewpoint

Warbstow Bury is an Iron Age Hill Fort. which is the best preserved in the county. Two sentry boxes were positioned here in the Second World War where the Home …

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3

53.3 km

Crackington Haven Beach

Highlight • Beach

It's the flat bit where you can rest, between a very steep downhill and a very steep uphill. (Unless you swam here!)

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4

59.9 km

Millook Climb

Highlight • Climb

Not for the faint-hearted!
If heading north towards Bude; on the downhill, cover your brakes or risk a cliff launch!
Then up what's locally known as the corkscrew... take it …

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5

63.9 km

Widemouth Bay

Highlight • Beach

Widemouth Bay is a long sandy beach popular with families and surfers.

Here you will find a cafe, an ice-cream & snack shack, plenty of surf schools and public toilets. …

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6

64.4 km

Widemouth Bay

Highlight • Beach

Widemouth Bay boasts a long expanse of golden sand and is popular with families and surfers. At low tide there are hundreds of rock pools to explore. The beach, which …

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7

64.9 km

View of Widemouth Bay

Highlight • Beach

From up here you can see across the wide expanse of sand that makes up Widemouth Bay. It is popular with surfers so this is a good spot for watching. …

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8

68.4 km

Bude Canal

Highlight • River

Great place to visit.

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9

68.9 km

Bude Light Monument

Highlight • Historical Site

Great stop, coffee and cake stop

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B

81.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

77.5 km

2.51 km

695 m

390 m

188 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

55.7 km

24.5 km

941 m

106 m

< 100 m

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Friday 17 July

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