Northam Burrows provides land for golfing, grazing sheep and horses. It is also home to many birds and rare plants. The main entrance to the Burrows has been resurfaced recently, and leads to the Pebble Ridge - a naturally formed pebble ridge that helps to protect the Burrows from flooding. There is an earth cache nearby that gives more information about the pebble ridge. Please note - it is illegal to take stones away from the pebble ridge. In times gone by, an activity called 'potwalloping' used to take place, where villagers would gather on the beach, pick up the stones that had moved down the beach from the ridge, and threw them / took them back to the ridge. Health and safety regulations have stopped potwalloping, and there is the view that the natural movement of the pebble ridge should be allowed to take its course.
It is the home of the oldest golf links course in the country - and golfers play on a course that has remained the same since the course was founded. Northam Burrows has played its part in the defence of the realm - with some experimental weapons being tested here and on the beach - including the Pandjandrum. More information can be found at the Northam Burrows Visitor Centre, which opened after refurbishment on the day this cache was placed.
The cache is placed with the permission of the Rangers of Northam Burrows.