Flexbury is a village about 0.8 miles from

Bude Bude (; kw, Porthbud) is a seaside town in north east Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven.''Corn ...

, in the

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of Bude–Stratton, north

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, 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

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. The

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closed in 2008 and is now a residential property. Flexbury has a history of flooding which was addressed by the Flexbury flood alleviation scheme.

References

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