River Sid
The River Sid is a minor river in eastern Devon. It flows for six and a half miles southwards from a source in Crowpits Covert (SY138963) at a height of 676 feet above sea level. The source is at the head of a 'goyle' or small ravine.
The underlying geology of the river bed is impermeable silty mudstones and sandstones of the Triassic Keuper marl, overlain with permeable Greensand and clay-with-flints. The junction between the Greensand and Keuper Marl forms a 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.[1]
Miscellany
The Sid Vale Association, the first Civic Society in Britain (founded in 1846) is based in the Sid Vale.
Location
- Location map: 50°40’60"N, 3°13’60"W
References
- ↑ Sidmouth, A History. Sidmouth, Devon (Sidmouth Museum, 1987) ISBN 0-9512704-0-0