Places of Worship

Church of England

St Michael & All Angels

Built in 1834/5 by George Wightwick, it was the gift of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland. The church reflects the history of the area which it serves, which had enjoyed a new prosperity with the cutting of the Bude Canal, at great expense, between 1819-26.

St Michael's was originally built as a Chapel of Ease to nearby Stratton Church, and only later became the parish church of Bude Haven as the town expanded with the advent of the London and South Western Railway in the 1890's and its new found popularity as a holiday resort - somewhat sharply described by John Betjemen as "an East Anglian resort facing the wrong way".

Tel:  01288 352318
Sundays: 10.30am Parish Mass & Sunday School.  6.00pm Evensong (alternating with St Marwenne)

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St Marwenne’s, Marhamchurch

The oldest part of the present fabric dates from the fourteenth century, including the chancel, transept and the lower stage of the tower.

Tel:  01288 352318
Sundays: 9am Parish Eucharist, 6pm Evensong

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St Andrew’s, Stratton

St Andrew’s is Grade 1 Listed, with 13th Century Norman stonework and a 13th Century Effigy.

Tel:  01288 352254
Sundays: 8am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.45am Parish Mass & Sunday School 6pm Choral Evensong.  Mass usually 5.30pm on Tuesday 9.30am on Thurs & 9.30am on Saturday

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St Olaf’s, Poughill

St Olaf's Parish Church at Poughill, near Bude, is of exceptional interest and dates from the 14th Century. It seats about 300 and is dedicated to the Norwegian King and so-called Martyr, St Olaf.

Tel:  01288 355183
Sundays: 8am Holy Communion, 11am on 1st Sunday Holy Communion – 11am on 2nd Sunday Family Service – 11am on 3rd & 4th Sunday Morning Prayer – 6pm on 1st/3rd & 4th Sunday Holy Communion

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Methodist

Methodist Church, Poughill, 01288 352404
Sundays: 11am Worship & Sunday School, 6pm Evening Worship

Methodist Church, Marhamchurch
Sundays: 11am Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship

Methodist Church, Bude, 01288 352404
Sundays: 10am Worship & Sunday School 6.30pm Evening Praise (Jan-Mar 4pm, Jul-Aug 8pm)

Methodist Church, Stratton, 01288 352404
Sundays: 10am Worship & Sunday School

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Roman Catholic

St Peter’s, Bude 
01288 353415
Father Gassor 01566 773166
Sunday 9am.  Holy day of Obligation 10am

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Bude Spiritualists (Healing)

Parkhouse Centre (John Brunton-Green 01840 261131)
Wednesdays, 7pm

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Bude Free Spirits

Parkhouse Centre (Carol Frances 01840 770057)
Thursdays, 7.30pm

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Christian Fellowship

ELIM, Parkhouse Centre, 01288 359714
Sundays: 10.30am Worship & Powerhouse.  
Drop in/support the Life Centre on Belle Vue Lane

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United Reformed Church

01288 359130
Sundays: 10.30am Morning Worship

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Bude Quakers

Neetside Centre, Bude, EX23 8LB (contact via 01566 773272), 1 hour meetings on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of month at 10.30am

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Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall

01288 381314 or 07963 502698
Public Talk and Watchtower Study: Sunday 10am
Congregation Book Study: Tuesday 7pm
Ministry School and Service Meeting: Thursday 7.15pm