Walk · Devon

Northam Burrows and the Pebble Ridge

Northam

3.5MILES

1h 30mON FOOT

15mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 62%Lane & track 33%Road with traffic 5%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Northam Burrows Country Park entrance, off Sandymere Road

Parking

Country park parking on the Burrows, charged in season and vehicle access restricted; the park is open to walkers at all times

Directions to the start →

A flat 3.5 miles round the grassy coastal plain at the mouth of the Taw and Torridge, an hour and a half on turf, sandy track and the great cobble bank of the Pebble Ridge, with essentially no climbing. Start at the country park car park off Sandymere Road, where vehicles are restricted but pedestrians can walk in at any time, and the Burrows Centre and toilets sit near the entrance; Westward Ho! is a ten-minute walk along the ridge if you want a beach and a chip shop at the end. Horses and sheep graze about half the park so a lead is the honest answer for most of the route, the Skern mudflats at the Appledore end are a major bird roost that dogs must stay off between 1 October and 31 March, and there is no fresh water for a dog anywhere on the Burrows.

THE SMALL PRINTHorses and sheep graze roughly half of Northam Burrows Country Park, so dogs need to be on leads through the grazed grassland. The North Devon Council dog order also bans dogs from land used as high tide roosting sites for overwintering birds between 1 October and 31 March, which covers the Skern.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DEVON

GRID · 51.0500, -4.2330

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.TORRIDGE.GOV.UK/NORTHAMBURROWS

Northam Burrows and the Pebble Ridge

House rules, decoded

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