Sidford

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Sidford
Sidford (Devon)
Sidford

Sidford shown within Devon
OS grid reference SY135902
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: UKEnglandDevon

Coordinates: 50°42′13″N 3°13′40″W / 50.70346, -3.22774

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.

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