Widemouth Bay
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Widemouth Bay (Cornish: Porth an Men)[1] is a bay, beach and small village on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about 3 miles (5 km) south of Bude. This stretch of coast is steeped in the smuggling history of times before, and not far south of Widemouth Bay can be found many little inlets and coves.[2]
Village
The village of Widemouth Bay itself is a much more recent development, consisting mainly of bungalows built during the twentieth century. As well as a number of hotels, there are several cafes on and around the beach as well as a pub and shops on the hill above the bay.[3] Widemouth Bay has a small church, Our Lady and St Anne's, located on the landward side of the village.[4]
Activities
The beach is popular for
Geography
Widemouth Bay is visually very similar to
Telecommunications
Submarine communications cables
The gentle beaches in the bay are also the
- TAT-3 (USA and UK)
- CANTAT-1 (Canada and UK)
- Apollo(USA)
- TAT-8 (USA and France - last used in 2002)
- TAT-14 (USA and Europe)
- AC-2(USA)
- EIG(Europe India Gateway)
- GLO-1(UK and west Africa)
- Grace Hopper (USA, UK and Spain - due to go live 2022)
Repeater station
The repeater station is a
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ "Widemouth Bay - Cornwall". Thisisnorthcornwall.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Information Britain". Information-britain.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ISBN 9780749577681.
- ^ "Widemouth Bay". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- Spiegel Online. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Teresa Cottam (21 January 2021). "How a Cornish Seaside Resort Keeps Digital Britain Connected". Omnisperience.
- ^ "BBC - Domesday Reloaded: B.T.REPEATER STATION". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "BBC - Domesday Reloaded: B.T.REPEATER STATION CONT". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
External links
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- Widemouth Bay at Curlie
- Widemouth Bay surf information and live cam
- Channel 4 News: "Spying, the seaside, sub-sea cables - and Rudyard Kipling" - which includes a report from Widemouth Bay
- Artistic video essay on Widemouth Bay by Richard Broomhall entitled "Scribbling between protons". It reflects on the submarine cables which make landfall at Widemouth