Bude

All the ingredients for a perfect beach day, Bude boasts two sandy beaches - Summerleaze and Crooklets, a fabulous outdoor sea pool, skatepark, numerous surf schools, a canal, golf course , crazy golf and beachfront cafes.

The end of the canal is a great place to go crabbing, and if you're lucky, you'll witness the lock gates in action. You can hire a beach hut fro Bude Tourist Board.

Life's a beach cafe is a great spot for a meal, with good quality food, and the beach hotel, is also worth checking out.

The town centre is only a short walk from the beach and there are plenty of car parks.

Trebarwith Strand

Home to the Port William pub, which serves good food, a great Sunday roast, Cornish ales and fantastic views from both the inside and the beer terrace.

There's a cafe, shop and a great little pop up coffee stop in the main car park. Whilst there's no beach at high tide, it offers a great sandy beach at low tide.

It's worth visiting the surf-reports.com website to check tide times and sea conditions.

Trebarwith also has great waves for surfing and body boarding. The beach is dog friendly all year round too, and offers some great opportunities for keen photographers.

Widemouth Bay

Widemouth bay is one of the biggest beaches around. A great spot for surfing, body boarding or just sunbathing.

The left hand side of the beach is called black rock and is dog friendly all year round. The right hand side has dog restrictions during the summer months, but you can walk over the headland from black rock to the main car park, where you will find Widemouth bay cafe and surf schools such as Freewave Surf Academy

Black rock also has a cafe and beach shop with a good selection of Cornish ice creams.

You can also walk to the beach house restaurant, where theres also a small shop and fish mongers. The Widemouth Manor is just up the road, which offers a great spot to watch the sun go down in their sunset lounge.

You don't have to worry about the tides at Widemouth Bay, as there is always some sand exposed.