Bude Sea Pool

Bude Sea Pool is a partially man-made tidal swimming pool or lido within the rocks at Summerleaze Beach, Bude, Cornwall. In 1930, the Thynne family placed up half the cash to create the pool and its sunbathing terraces. Its length is 290x140 toes with a place of about 3,500m³. The volume is about 4000 m³ or 880,000 gallons, depending on how plenty sand the sea washes in. RNLI and the Bude Surf Lifesaving Club use the pool for education and tests. The pool is open twelve months a year, but most effective lifeguarded by RNLI at some point of high seasons.

On October 19, 2010 BBC Cornwall pronounced that the pool may additionally face investment cuts as part of Cornwall Council's spending evaluate. The opportunity of cuts has drawn great levels of protest from residents of Bude and past. The Friends of Bude Sea Pool, a volunteer charity organisation, turned into formed in May 2011. The institution objectives to hold, improve and enhance the sea pool as an amenity for the advantage of the community and traffic to the town.