Flexbury
# Flexbury

Flexbury is a village about 0.8 miles from Bude, in the civil parish of Bude–Stratton, north Cornwall, England. Described as a hamlet in 1887, residential properties have since been built to the coast at Crooklets beach. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 2290.

## History

The name "Flexbury" may mean "Felix’s earthwork". In 1887 it was described as a ″hamlet and seat, near Bude Haven″. Flexbury Park Methodist Church, opened in 1905 and is a grade II listed building. The church closed in 2008 and is now a residential property.

Flexbury has a history of flooding which was addressed by the Flexbury flood alleviation scheme.

