WINNER: Summerleaze, Bude, CornwallOnce the poor cousin of Cornish beach resorts, Bude has undergone a remarkable transformation. “We’re not Padstow yet, or Watergate Bay,” says Will Daniel, of the Beach boutique hotel, “but we’re getting there.” Of the two beaches, our choice is family-friendly Summerleaze, which has a wonderful sea pool, new beach huts (from £25 a day; visitbude.info) and restaurants ranging from Life’s a Beach (crab bisque £6.50; lifesabeach.info) to the Beach, where Joe Simmonds’s sea bass gives Rick Stein a run for his money (mains from £8; thebeachatbude.co.uk). Fistral, Newquay, Cornwall“Newquay reached its nadir after the…

Source: The Times July 09, 2016 22:41 UTC