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Dist:0.1km<br/>Photograph looking south and taken May 1976. The canal was used to transport sea sand inland to improve the quality of the soil for agriculture. Tub boats were used on the canal fitted with wheels to pull the tubs up the inclined planes connecting sections of the canal.
©Crispin Purdye
Dist:0.2km<br/>A good stopping point on the walk up the canal from Bude
©Pierre Terre
Dist:0.2km<br/>View from the modern A39 bridge to the old bridge
©Pierre Terre
Dist:0.2km<br/>This bridge spans the Bude canal.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.2km<br/>A recreation area by the Bude Canal.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.2km<br/>There is a small car park and picnic area next to this stretch of canal.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.2km<br/>A track over the hill to the coast at Salthouse from near the tearoom at Helebridge
©Pierre Terre
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©Adrian King
Dist:0.3km<br/>An entrance road running along the edge of Whalesborough Woods.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.3km<br/>A lone angler tries his luck at the canal side.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.3km<br/>The restored warehouse at Marhamchurch Wharf marks the end of the broad section of the Bude Canal. From here the canal was restricted to Tub Boats small enough to ascend the numerous inclined planes.
©David Kitching
Dist:0.3km<br/>The canal and River Neet share a channel from Helebridge to this weir near Whalesborough. The river flows over the weir into a separate channel from here to the sea.
©Pierre Terre
Dist:0.4km<br/>Clouds reflect in the still waters of the canal as that part of it which is the River Neet drops over the edge.
©Tony Atkin
Dist:0.5km<br/>For sale in 2000. There has apparently been a mill recorded on this site since 1439, although there have been several rebuildings, the last in 1862. Since converted to a private residence. A public footpath runs close to this site, which is near the Marhamchurch Foundry, also once water-powered, utilising a leat from the river Neet
©Martin Bodman
Dist:0.5km<br/>Walkers on the towpath by the canal. This view was taken from the bridge spanning the canal just below the Weir.
©Tony Atkin

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