Bude–Stratton

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Bude–Stratton (Cornish: Bud–Strasnedh) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The largest settlement in the parish is the seaside town of Bude. The parish also includes the market town of Stratton and the settlements of Flexbury, Poughill, Bush, Maer and Northcott north of Bude, and Upton, Lynstone, Thorne and Hele south of Bude.

At the 2021 census, it had a population of 10,589, which was slightly more than the 9,934 recorded at the 2011 census.[1]

Bude–Stratton is part of the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency, represented since 2024 by Ben Maguire.

History

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Bude–Stratton corresponds to the combined area of the two ancient parishes of Stratton and Poughill. When elected district councils were established in 1894, both parishes were included in the Stratton Rural District.[2] In 1900 a new urban district called "Stratton and Bude" was created from most of the parish of Stratton, including both its main settlements of Bude and Stratton and the hamlets of Upton and Lynstone, as well as the Flexbury area from the parish of Poughill. Stratton and Bude Urban District Council therefore took over district-level functions within its area from Stratton Rural District Council.[3]

Bude Castle

In 1934 the urban district was enlarged to take in the residual rural parts of Stratton parish and the rest of Poughill parish, including the village. At the same time, the urban district's name was changed from "Stratton and Bude" to "Bude–Stratton".[4] In 1947, Bude–Stratton Urban District Council bought Bude Castle (built 1830) to serve as its headquarters.[5][6]

Bude–Stratton Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, with district-level functions passing to the new North Cornwall District Council.[7][8] A successor parish called Bude–Stratton was created at the same time covering the area of the abolished urban district, with its parish council taking the name Bude–Stratton Town Council.[9] North Cornwall was in turn abolished in 2009. Cornwall County Council then took on district-level functions, making it a unitary authority, and was renamed Cornwall Council.[10][11]

The arms of the Bude-Stratton urban district council were: Arg. two bars wavy Az. within a bordure Sa. bezantee on a chief Gu. a cross formed of the field between two clarions Or.[12] The Arms were transferred to Bude-Stratton Town Council by consent and grant of the College of Arms.[13]

Features

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Compass Point storm tower was built in 1835.[14]

Governance

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There are two tiers of local government covering Bude–Stratton, at parish (town) and unitary authority level: Bude–Stratton Town Council and Cornwall Council. The town council is based at the Parkhouse Centre in Bude.[15]

Twinning

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Bude–Stratton is twinned with Ergue-Gaberic (An Erge Vras) in Brittany, France.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Bude-Stratton (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Stratton Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  3. ^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. 1900. pp. 314, 318. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Bude Stratton Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Our history". The Castle Heritage Centre. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  6. ^ Historic England. "The Castle and walls to the north-west and south-east (Grade II) (1328495)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  7. ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 3 March 2023
  8. ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 3 March 2023
  9. ^ "The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/1110, retrieved 31 August 2025
  10. ^ "The Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2008/491, retrieved 19 February 2024
  11. ^ "The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009: Article 3", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2009/837 (art. 3)
  12. ^ Pascoe, W. H. (1979). A Cornish Armory. Padstow, Cornwall: Lodenek Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-902899-76-7.
  13. ^ "Who we are". Bude-Stratton Town Council. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  14. ^ "The Storm Tower, Bude-Stratton - 1141875". Historic England. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Contact us". Bude–Stratton Town Council. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Gurney, Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy (1898–1951), colonial administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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