Sidmouth Sea Fest 25 is gearing up to launch Sidmouth’s festival season on Saturday 17 th May at its new temporary venue - Connaught Gardens, Peak Hill Road, Sidmouth EX10 8RZ This year the theme is Sidmouth Sea Spot @Connaught - homegrown festival platform by the sea - a nursery ground where talent…
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This August music lovers from all over will make the trip to Ottery St Mary for Beautiful Days – a family-friendly weekend camping festival, which takes place at Escot Park every year. Founded by the Levellers, Beautiful Days has been taking place since 2003. Independently run, the festival has no…
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In an exciting development led by Sidmouth School of Art, a new public open air art space opens this Saturday 15 th February, with a brand-new exhibition featuring some of the people and groups that make up Sidmouth’s remarkable community. The exhibition by Brighton-based photographer JJ Waller…
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Sidmouth’s Riverside Walkway Revitalised project has been running for two years and is a collaborative improvement project between several local groups. The project aimed to revitalise the space and bring attention to the history of the area and the biodiversity of the river, which has resulted in a…
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Budleigh Salterton has been described as “wonderfully unspoilt” by UK newspaper The Express. This comes after The Times ranked Budleigh Beach among the Top 10 in the South West. Both sites sang Budleigh’s praises, referring to it as “delightfully preserved” and notes that it is a great destination…
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Seaton Wetlands has revealed that they welcomed 12% more visitors in 2024 than in 2023. The Wetlands, which is managed by East Devon’s District Council’s Countryside Team, welcomed 112,608 visitors last year, which is a new record for the site. The management team think the key to this increase was…
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A linked exhibition is on show at Sidmouth Wallspace and Sidmouth’s telephone box art spaces the Micro Museums of Contemporary Art and Antiquities. The CODEX Project is a collaboration with Sidmouth College students and Sidmouth School of Art, hosted by digital artist and teacher, Sam Eyre and…
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There are plenty of exciting things planned for 2025, including the upcoming Sidmouth Folk Festival, which returns in August. Organisers are already ramping up the anticipation, by announcing the first acts which will make up this year’s line up. So far, Seth Lakeman, from Dartmoor, and his band…
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A new year is on the horizon, so here are 24 fun facts you should know about Seaton before the end of 2024! Will you be visiting before the year is out? Find out what’s on here and plan your trip here. 1 – Across the world there are 16 different places all with the name Seaton – these places are…
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A short film telling the story of the Riverside Walkway Revitalised project is available to view to bring attention to this wonderful riverside wellbeing space made accessible through art. The film can be viewed on the Sidmouth School of Art project page Riverside Walkway Revitalised | Sidmouth…
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