Sidford

Sidford
Sidford  Sidford shown within Devon
OS grid reference	SY135902
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SIDMOUTH
Postcode district	EX10
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	East Devon
List of places: UK • England • 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 hairdresser, a legal centre, a sports injury clinic, a pub called the Rising Sun and a veterinary surgery.

In the late 20th century Sidford was the centre of a furore regarding traffic lights at the most westernly crossroads of the village. The traffic lights are now a fixture, for better or for worse. Sidford's most famous pub is the Blue Ball Inn, a 14th century lodging house that burned to the ground in 2007 and is now rebuilt.

Sidford is the site of Farmhouse Cottage, a thatched bed and breakfast establishment that once housed members of the royal family on a nationwide Grand Tour.

External links

Media related to Sidford at Wikimedia Commons