Sidford
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Sidford | |
Sidford shown within Devon |
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District | East Devon |
Shire county | Devon |
Region | South West |
Constituent country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SIDMOUTH |
Postcode district | EX10 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
European 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, as well as a butchers, 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.