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Sidmouth has its own town council, presided over by a chair elected from councillors. There are eight wards, with 19 councillors in all. The town clerk is the senior paid officer, with a team of full-time and part-time staff. The town is responsible for many of the locally run services, including the information centre.
Goronwy Thom performing during Sidmouth Folk Week, 2006. Sidmouth Festival was founded as a folk dance festival in 1955 by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS), but gradually expanded to cover ceilidh dancing, music and song, as well as related folk crafts. [2]
The station opened on 6 July 1874, built and operated by the Sidmouth Railway Company to satisfy the needs of visitors to the resort. The railway station was located a mile and a half away from the seafront and town centre. Initially there were seven trains per day, but this increased to 24 in the 1930s.
Kennaway House is a Regency town house in Sidmouth, East Devon, which was formerly known as Fort House and Church House. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] Fort House was built about 1805 and soon came into the ownership of the Kennaway family of Escot House near Ottery St Mary. The Kennaways resettled at Escot after 1838.
Sidmouth Museum is a museum in Sidmouth, Devon, England. The museum is housed in Hope Cottage, a Grade II listed building. [ 3 ] The building was extended in 2020 to include more space for exhibits as well as new disabled access. [ 4 ]
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 2,100 people according to the 2001 Census. The Church of England Church, St Peter's, is part of the Sid Valley Mission.