Site Details
Address
Bude Seafront
Grid Reference
220300 106500
Local authority
North Cornwall DC
Sport England region
South West
Disciplines
Canoe Surfing
Competitions and events
The site has held international or national competitions or events and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of competition.
- TBC - World Championships?
Training
The site has held national team or individual or group elite training for that sport or any of its disciplines, and is sustainable because the location provides the support and facilities necessary for that level of training.
Scarcity
The site is important because of its scarcity or uniqueness value and because it cannot be re-created at a different location.
- west facing coast with easy access and support facilities
- only 2/3 other similar sites in England with suitable surf.
Heritage
A heritiage site is one which has been used continually or a for a long time by that sport and which cannot be recreated in a different location.
Non-competitive users
The site is important to the non-competitive parts of that sport.
- Large outdoor centre - significant numbers (CH to supply?)
Number of users
The site is important because of the numbers of people using it from any level of that sport
- 12,000 - 15,000 users of centre - not all surfers - (CH to supply?)
Facilities strategy
The site has been identified as of international or national importance in that sport’s strategic planning documents.
- BCU Facilities Strategy 1999 - 2004 - National Centre identified on northCornwall coast.
Physical characteristics
Identification of those characteristics, which if lost, would jeopardise the quality of the site.
- Approx 3 miles of coast north and south of Bude
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