River Sid

Coordinates: 50°41′N 3°14′W / 50.683°N 3.233°W / 50.683; -3.233
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River Sid
Head of goyle close to source of River Sid
Map
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCrowpits Covert, East Devon
 • coordinates50°42′00″N 3°12′00″W / 50.7000°N 3.2000°W / 50.7000; -3.2000
 • elevation206 m (676 ft) above sea level
OSGB36 Grid reference SY138963) at a height of 206 metres above sea level.[2] The source
is at the head of a goyle or small ravine.

The underlying

spring line
.

The river flows through Sidbury and Sidford to Sidmouth and is fed by springs flowing from East Hill and water from the Roncombe Stream, the Snod Brook and the Woolbrook. In Sidmouth the river outflows at the Ham through a shingle bar.[3]

The Sid Vale Association, the first Civic Society in Britain (founded in 1846), is based in the Sid Vale.

References

  1. ^ River Sid: The Shortest River in England?
  2. ^ Sign erected at source by Sid Vale Association, 1997

50°41′N 3°14′W / 50.683°N 3.233°W / 50.683; -3.233