Sidford

Sidford

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Sidford
os_grid_reference= SY135902
latitude = 50.70346
longitude = -3.22774
population =
shire_county = Devon
shire_district = East Devon
region = South West England
post_town = SIDMOUTH
postcode_district =EX10
postcode_area = EX
dial_code =
constituency_westminster= East Devon

Sidford is a small village in the civil parish of and on the outskirts of the town of Sidmouth in the English county of Devon. It has a population of just over 2100 people according to the 2001 Census.

It is situated on the River Sid,which runs for four miles into Lyme Bay at Sidmouth. There is a 12th Century packhorse bridge over the river that was the site of a 1644 skirmish in the English Civil War.

In the village centre there is a small Spar supermarket, a post office, a pharmacy and a fish and chip shop, Bloaters. There is also a hairdressers, a legal centre, a sports injury clinic, a pub called the Rising Sun and a veterinary surgery.


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