District Sandcastle Competition – 2025
We are very excited to invite you to our Annual District Sandcastle Competition! This year’s event will be slightly different to previous events as we will be holding it on Saturday 28th June. We hope this will give groups who need to travel further the opportunity to attend!
The event will be held on Burnham-on-Sea Beach near the jetty and will be open to all sections from Squirrels to Adults! The theme for this year’s competition will be Superheroes!
We would like you to meet your sections on the promenade next to the jetty ready to be led down onto the beach at 2pm. We will start the competition at 2:15pm. Judging will be 3:30 to 4:00pm and we will aim to finish the awards by 4:30pm.
There is plenty of parking available in Pier Street Car park, Pier St, Burnham-on-Sea TA8 1BT.
The District Team will be providing a Hot Dog and drink to all attendees whilst the judges make their decision!
We will shortly share an OSM event with you. Please send the shared OSM event out to your young people not one of your own so we can collect dietary, allergy and photo permission of young people and leaders attending without making any more work for you! We have added the key details to the OSM Event description but you will need to edit this to suit your section.
This event will cost £1 per young person
Teams are to consist of up to 7 Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Network or Adults. Please remember to bring your own buckets, spades, flags etc. and to wear uniform.
Leaders are not allowed to help the young people with their Sandcastles but are more than welcome to enter their own team into the leaders competition.
Each section will need to have enough adults to cover their recommended ratio of adults to young people as a minimum but will not need the +1 leader in charge. So Squirrels 1:4, Beavers 1:6, Cubs 1:8, Scouts 1:12 and Explorers 2 adults. You will also have to arrange your own in-touch system and bring first aid kits.
If the weather is poor we will email you by 11am on the day to let you know if the event is cancelled.
Burnham-on-Sea Beach - adjacent to the Jetty