[2] Georgeham is a historic village lying close to some of the most dramatic beaches of the North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which are flanked by the rocky headlands of Baggy Point and Saunton Down, although there are no views of the sea or coastline from the village itself.

[4] The village is also characterized by thatched cottages arranged in an irregular fashion along narrow lanes.

Others, usually outsiders not originally from North Devon, believe there to be no pronunciation on the ham, thus making it sound George-um.

The artist Margaret Kemp-Welch lived in the village during the 1920s and 1930s and painted a mural in the parish church.

His son, the writer and broadcaster Daniel Farson, died here in his father's former home in 1997[citation needed].