Week St Mary Methodist Church

A modest Methodist chapel sitting quietly in the Cornish countryside near Bude, Week St Mary's is the sort of place that rewards a small detour if you're staying at one of the nearby caravan sites. The building itself is typical Victorian Methodist - all red brick and straightforward lines, with that particular kind of simplicity that speaks to the chapel's 19th-century roots.

Inside, there's a real sense of the community that's sustained it for over 150 years. Nothing fancy, nothing designed to impress. Just honest craftsmanship and the kind of peaceful quiet you don't get in churches with coach parties queuing outside. The stained glass is modest but genuine, and the hymn boards still sit where they've always been.

It's worth stopping by if you're walking around the village or exploring the back lanes between Bude and Holsworthy - the sort of detour that takes ten minutes and costs nothing. Families with young children won't find much to hold their attention for long, but anyone interested in how ordinary Cornish communities worshipped will find it genuine and unpretentious. The village itself is quiet, which is precisely the point.

If you're based at Bude Camping and Caravanning Club Site or Pencuke Farm's cottages, this is an easy walk or short drive. There's no visitor infrastructure - no café, no gift shop - which means you'll have the place to yourself. That's either exactly what you want or completely the wrong thing. Either way, it's authentically Cornish.