is jazz is your thing, you can not go wrong and go to bude, for…read more the whole week this year it was in late august, and you got the add bounes of a nice seaside town good music thought our the day and night,and coachs tours, to near, and far palce, for jazz not only do you get jazz you get art and craf fair, also life boat, day, which is good, and a firework dispaly which is very good for a small town, to put, on one of the nice palce to stay for your week of jazz is the edgcumbe hotel but book ealy as it very poplular, andy

The Bude jazz festival is an amazing day - a real touch of culture in Bude. I am not a big Jazz fan…read morebut you really get swept along with the whole atmosphere. If you get the chance to go then do.

Based inside the Bude Castle, now a museum and art gallery (where you can buy the items on display)…read morewith a lovely cafe for light snacks, sandwiches and cream teas. The terrace outside overlooks the Summerleaze beach where you can watch the tide come in, a massive sandy beach when the tide is out. Can vouch for the chocolate cake and cream tea, scones are light and fluffy, jam is with real fruit and cream is fresh cornish clotted cream. The venue is also great for weddings, with a lovely large lawn outside. Also do not expect to find a traditional castle as such, on top of a hill with a moat and battlements etc. From the back it does not even look like a castle!