Crackington Haven viewed from Pencarrow Point looking south. The picture was taken in 2003; the following year, 2004, floods washed away the car park and road bridge but these were rebuilt.

Crackington Haven grid reference SX140972 is a small cove between Bude and Boscastle on the Atlantic coast in North Cornwall, England, UK. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... For the town in the United States, see Bude, Mississippi. ... Location within the British Isles Boscastle (Cornish: Kastell Boterel) is a small town on the north coast of Cornwall, in the extreme southwest of Britain. ... Atlantic and North Atlantic redirect here. ... North Cornwall is the largest of the six local government districts of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent...

Crackington Haven is popular with campers and walkers and with geology students. The surrounding cliffs are well-known for their visible folded sedimentary rock formations.

Crackington Haven has a stony foreshore but a sandy beach is revealed at low water. There are toilet facilities on the beach and lifeguard cover in the summer. Dogs are banned on the beach from Easter Day to October 1. There are a small shop, two tea rooms and a pub adjacent to the road through the village. The pub is called Coombe Barton Inn and the building was originally the house of the manager of a local slate quarry.

Until the nineteenth century, Crackington Haven was a small port similar to many others on the north coast of Cornwall. Limestone and coal were imported and slate and other local produce were exported.

Immediately north of the beach is Pencarrow Point and a few hundred yards south is Cambeak headland. One mile south of Crackington Haven, High Cliff rises to 735 feet (224 m) with a sheer drop to the rocky foreshore. It is Cornwall's highest cliff (though as high as Great Hangman in Devon which has a cliff face of 820 feet (250 m)). High Cliff is classified as southern Britain's highest sheer-drop cliff (Great Hangman is a hog-backed hill with a cliff-face, rather than being a normal sheer cliff). A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ...

Crackington Haven was badly affected by the Boscastle flood of 2004. The road bridge across the stream was badly damaged and homes close to the beach had to be repaired. The pub was also badly affected. Looking upstream from the bridge after the flood The Old Cornish Stores Shop The Boscastle flood, 2004, occurred on Monday 16 August 2004 in the two villages of Boscastle and Crackington Haven in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ...

See also

• Boscastle flood of 2004

Looking upstream from the bridge after the flood The Old Cornish Stores Shop The Boscastle flood, 2004, occurred on Monday 16 August 2004 in the two villages of Boscastle and Crackington Haven in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ...

External links

• 22 photographs of Crackington Haven at westcountryviews.co.uk