Can you swim at Widemouth Bay?
Widemouth Bay has a long beach of about a mile, at low water but at high tide it becomes two distinct beaches. Good for swimming. The beaches are very popular with surfers and families. This area of the bay is called Black Rock Beach.
Where do undersea cables come ashore?
A cable landing point is the location where a submarine or other underwater cable makes landfall. The term is most often used for the landfall points of submarine telecommunications cables and submarine power cables.
Does Widemouth Bay have toilets?
Toilets: Yes, by the north car park. Facilities: Beach shop, café.
How a Cornish seaside resort keeps Digital Britain connected?
Cornwall is on the UK’s Atlantic coast and so offers easy landing for cables from Africa, North and South America. It was originally established to monitor the downstream link from the nearby Intelsat satellite station at Goonhilly Downs, as well as the TAT-3 cable which linked the UK and the US.
Is Widemouth Bay a sandy beach?
The beach at Widemouth Bay is a wide expanse of open sand stretching nearly 2 miles. Despite being only 3 miles from the popular resort town of Bude the beach here has a wild feel. This is an exposed stretch of coast, facing west, straight into the full force of the Atlantic Ocean.
How is Widemouth pronounced?
It’s ‘Pole-ZETH’, not ‘Pol-ZEETH’. With Bideford (‘Biddy-fud’) up the coast, and Wadebridge (Wade-bridge) down, it’s not surprising that people get confused. Most locals will insist it’s ‘WID-muth’, not ‘WIDDY-muth’ and definitely not ‘WIDE-mouth’.
What happens if an undersea cable breaks?
Earthquakes—like ships’ anchors and fishing trawls—can cause undersea fiber-optic cables to malfunction or break many miles below the surface of the water. A working fiber will transmit those pulses all the way across the ocean, but a broken one will bounce it back from the site of the damage.
How do they fix undersea cables?
The ROVs can’t operate in deep water due to the increased pressure, so to fix a deep water cable, the ship has to use a grapnel, which grabs and cuts the cable, dragging the two loose ends to the surface. If needed, one end can then be hooked to a buoy and the other end brought on board.
Is Bude safe?
Bude-Stratton Crime Overview Bude-Stratton is among the top 10 safest small towns in Cornwall, and is the 28th most dangerous overall out of Cornwall’s 212 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Bude-Stratton in 2021 was 46 crimes per 1,000 people.
Is Bude worth visiting?
Not your typical tourist attraction, but the Bude Tunnel has become somewhat of a famous landmark in our coastal town. With five-star reviews and comments including ‘a tunnel like no other’, the 70m long tunnel which stretches from Sainsbury’s car park all the way to Crooklets Road is definitely worth a visit.
How far is Widemouth Bay from the beach?
Despite being only 3 miles from the popular resort town of Bude the beach here has a wild feel. This is an exposed stretch of coast, facing west, straight into the full force of the Atlantic Ocean. Great news for surfers but it can get a little breezy.
Is Widemouth Bay tidal?
Tides: Surfable at Mid to high tide.
What does Widemouth Bay mean?
Widemouth Bay ( Cornish: Porth an Men) is a bay, beach and small village on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Bude.
Where are the new cable landing stations in Widemouth?
Also the new cable landing stations may be a few km inland with splices hidden underground. There are locked manhole covers on the surface but little else that is visible. Right on Widemouth Beach, you may be able to see evidence (such as manhole covers right on the beach) of the Europe-India gateway cable & GLO1 landing near the lifeguard station.
How far is Widemouth Bay beach from Bude?
A couple of miles from the centre of Bude (5 minutes in the car), it’s well worth making a journey to Widemouth Bay Beach. It’s a vast expanse of sand with lots of rock pools to explore.
What is there to do at winwidemouth Bay?
Widemouth Bay is very long open bay popular with families and surfers and at low tide there are hundreds of rock pools to explore.