Visitors

Discover Burgaw and surrounding areas! The Town of Burgaw and the surrounding Cape Fear Region offer many opportunities to discover the beauty and history of Southeastern North Carolina. The links below provide just a few area attractions and accommodations.

Town of Burgaw burgawnc.gov

Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce
 burgawareachamberofcommerce.weebly.com

Pender County Tourism www.visitpender.com

Wilmington International Airport www.flyilm.com

Campgrounds www.visitpender.com

Motels www.visitpender.com

Bed & Breakfast www.visitpender.com

Vacation Rentals www.visitpender.com

Area Places To Stay

Burgaw Motel Burgaw, NC 910.259.4550 burgawmotel.wixsite.com/burgaw-motel

The Pender House Bed & Breakfast Burgaw, NC 910.408.6000 thependerhouse.com

The Inn at River Landing Wallace, NC 910.285.9200 riverlanding.com/the-inn

Wilmington Hotels

Days Inn 910.799.6300 www.daysinn.com

Holiday Inn Express 910.392.3227 www.hiexwilmington.com

Holiday Inn 910.392.1101 www.wilmingtonhi.com

Courtyard 910.395.8224 www.marriott.com

Wingate by Wynham 910.395.7011 www.wingatehotels.com


Visitor Center

The North Carolina Blueberry Festival Office is located inside the Visitor Center and shares the center with Pender County Tourism Offices.

The Old Pender County Jail in downtown Burgaw at 106 East Wilmington St. is now the home of the Pender County Tourism office. The newly restored Jail is right on the Courthouse Square, as a visitor you will have no problem finding the new Visitor Center. You will find information about what there is to see and do in Pender County with plenty of parking in front or behind the Jail.

The building was built in 1924 and formerly served as the Pender County Jail until 1977. The building is a two-story stucco brick building. The second story of the building housed up to 21 prisoners. The downstairs area was the living area for the jailer and his family. The living area also doubled as an office for booking prisoners.

There were two notable breakouts during the history of the jail. In 1971, two prisoners brought to the jail from Raleigh’s Central Prison rushed a guard, knocking him down and escaped. The inmates were tracked by bloodhounds and captured in town about 45 minutes later. 

Four prisoners were involved in an attempted jailbreak in 1975. The inmates overpowered a deputy, took his gun and held him hostage. Shots were fired in the struggle leaving bullet holes in a metal cell door that are still evident today. The situation was resolved when the inmates surrendered.

In the summer of 2013, the Town of Burgaw and Pender County teamed up to renovate and jointly use the building. The first floor of the building will house the offices for Tourism, a conference room for use by both the Town of Burgaw and Pender County. This project was to renovate the first floor only, leaving the second floor containing the jail cells mainly untouched. That way it can still be used for filming since over the years, the Former Pender County Jail building has been featured in several movies and television shows.