NORTHAM BURROWS MANOR PASS APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN FROM THE 24TH FEBRUARY 2025.
APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THIS WEBPAGE AND THE FOYER OF THE TOWN HALL ON WINDMILL LANE FROM THE 21ST FEBRUARY 2025.
WE ARE SORRY BUT NO APPLICATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE 24TH FEBRUARY.
TO APPLY YOU WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN THE 2025 APPLICATION FORM.
WHEN YOU ARE READY, POST THE FORM ALONG WITH A COPY OF YOUR DRIVERS LICENCE, METHOD OF PAYMENT AND A COMPLETED ENVELOPE THROUGH THE TOWN HALL'S LETTER BOX.
IN PERSON APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THE 24TH FEBRUARY 2025 AT 9AM.
Note on the number of Manor Passes available:
In 1984, the then landowners (Devon County Council) and Northam Town Council signed an agreement that required the landowner to provide the Town Council (now superseded by the Northam Burrows Charity) with up to 1,500 Manor Passes. These were in compensation for the loss of grazing attributable to:
- The maintenance and use of the existing roads
- The maintenance and use of the existing car park areas
- The maintenance renewal of the existing toll-keepers huts, toilets, cattle grids, signs and posts on Northam Burrows
- The building maintenance renewal and use of the visitor’s centre.
The number of passes issued has therefore not been in relation to the number of permanent residents of the Ancient Manor.