The Friends of Berry Head are holding a photo competition, in order to produce a 2018 calendar featuring photos of our beautiful headland. All the proceeds from the sale of this calendar will be spent on projects to improve and enhance the headland for visitors (the current project is a defibrillator; last year the friends contributed to a new guillemot…
This summer we’ll be opening late on Friday evenings, starting on May 26th. Some of these evenings will involve special food themes but initially rather than the themed restaurant evenings we’ve tried in the past, we are simply staying open late with a reduced food menu. Where could be nicer than Berry Head for a beer in the sunshine after…
How many of our suppliers do you know? Nearly all of them are based within 25 miles of Berry Head.
Milk, cream and cheese – supplied by Dartmouth Dairy from several local dairies
Free Range Eggs – supplied by Dartmouth Dairy from a farm near Newton Abbot
Duck Eggs – supplied from Lloyd Maunder in Brixham, from Devon ducks
Sausages – Westaways, Newton Abbot
Ham…
We were delighted to host two weddings on consecutive days in April.
The charming Yomi and Nick Stafford came across the Guardhouse during holidays in Brixham. They were looking for an informal venue in the area for a celebration after their ceremony at Torre Abbey and asked if we could help. We organised canapes, a huge Paella, cakes from our lovely…
April was a busy month on the headland, with Easter holidays and lovely sunshine. We enjoyed two fun fundraising events which were boosted by the number of people around.
Wear a Hat Day is an annual national event organised by Brain Tumour Research. This year our customers wholeheartedly got involved, and by wearing a silly hat the money from their drinks…
You may have heard about the exploits of the South Devon Humpback, which was swimming around near Blackpool Sands and Slapton Lea for a month earlier in the spring… Well imagine our excitement to arrive at the cafe one Sunday morning and meet a group of bird watchers who had just watched it travel along the southern side of the…
Over the last few years the Friends of Berry Head have been raising money for a new camera mounted on the cliffs pointed at the guillemot colony. You may have been involved and made donations via our Easter Egg and Halloween hunts, the book sales in the lobby and the summer dog shows. Thanks for your donations!
At last enough money…
Over Christmas we will be slightly reducing our opening hours:
Christmas Eve: open 9-3
Christmas Day: closed
Boxing Day: open 10-4
New Year’s Eve: open 9-3
New Year’s Day: open 10-4
Every other day this winter we will be open from 9am to 4pm!
Happy Christmas from all at the Guardhouse…
Wednesday 23rd November sees the screening of the episode of BBC1’s “The Coroner” which was filmed earlier this year in the Guardhouse. You can catch the episode at 2:15pm on BBC1, or on iplayer for the following 30 days – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084024r.
Earlier this year, we were approached by the Coroner film company who were looking for a venue for the Village Hall…
A new set of Autumn Specials for 2016!
Our chefs have been at it again: our specials board has changed once more, this time welcoming in the flavours of autumn. Welcome back past favourites such as Dani’s Moussaka, or Wild Mushrooms and Poached Eggs on Toasted Sourdough! And hello to some amazing new dishes such as Smoked Brixham Haddock Rarebit, Hazelnut Pancakes…