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Poughill

The thatched cottages of the old village of Poughill (pronounced ‘Poffle’) stand around the St Olaf’s Parish Church, one of the treasure houses of Cornwall. Though its foundations are Norman, the church as you see it now, dates largely from the 14th century, and is dedicated to a Norwegian king and martyr. Noted for its late 15th century carved oak bench ends (78 in all) telling the story of the Passion in remarkable detail and pair of immense 15th Century paintings of St. Christopher facing each other across the nave, keen eyed visitors will also spot that the Royal Arms of Charles II have been incorrectly dated 1655. Over the church door is a tablet commemorating Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, a gift, along with the church clock, of his daughter. A notable event in Poughill’s calendar is the Revel and Cuckoo Fair that takes place in the centre of the village and always on the first Thursday of August. It is a traditional English village fete welcoming holidaymakers, with a mix of activities to try (archery, horse riding, treasure hunts, and other children’s games) and plenty of homemade cakes and homegrown produce to sample. Many of the villages around Bude have similar ‘Revels’, each on different weeks. The culmination of all of these Revels is the Bude Carnival in late August, where a large procession of floats arrives in town, each carrying the May Queen and her deputies from each of the surrounding village Revels.