📣NEW EXHIBITION AT THE CASTLE 👀

➡ A new exhibition room opens at The Castle on Thursday 20^th March 2025 from 1pm after it’s grand opening. “Weathering the Storm”, tells the story of how saving lives at sea, has defined the people and community of Bude for centuries. The exhibition features original artefacts, with some on loan from the Bude branch of the RNLI and Bude’s Surf Lifesaving Club.

This new exhibition can be found in The Maskell Room which is off the Cowie Corridor on the first floor of The Castle. You can access this through Café Limelight or through the heritage centre on the ground floor.

If you’d like to hear more about the stories of Bude’s ‘Unsung Heroes’, why not pop in for a visit, which is open from 10am every day with free entry into our exhibitions and our galleries.

Our new and improved Gurney Room at The Castle, Bude. This room has been closed since Christmas as we have been re-inventing the look and interactives in this room so it is more appealing and reflects the work of our Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. We have been working with More Creative Solutions from Launceston to design the room and we feel they have done a fabulous job. This has been made possible from the very kind legacy donation from the late John Littlejohns Walter, a local gentleman who had a very keen interest in local history, thank you. Attached are before and after pictures, though a visit is a must to enjoy the changes. We hope you like it as much as we do.