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 |
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 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 westernmost 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
