Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
One of the delights of living in Devon is seeing the landscape as a patchwork of small fields framed by miles and miles of hedgerows. In a recent survey, Sidmouth Arboretum worked out that the Sid Valley has over 300 miles of hedges, muchRead More
Leave a comment The Lower Otter Restoration Project (LORP) is a major environmental re-engineering of the mouth of the River Otter. Apart from strengthening sea defences, the project has created 55 hectares of new intertidal habitat for wildlife. The project is not only benefitting wildfowl and wading birds but it is seeing a return of various saltmarsh plantsRead More
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H G Wells wrote a horror story set in Sidmouth called “The Sea Raiders”. It tells of Mr Fison, a retired tea dealer, staying at a boarding house in Sidmouth. Whilst walking to Ladram Bay along the cliffs he noticed a flurry of seagullsRead More
Leave a comment Could the River Sid be the shortest river in England? It’s only six miles long, so it’s not impossible. But there are other pretenders. For example, the River Bain in North Yorkshire makes the claim as being the shortest river in England, at justRead More
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