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River Sid

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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.
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Grid reference SY138963) at a height of 206 metres above sea level. The
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Sign erected at source by Sid Vale Association, 1997
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50°42′00″N 3°12′00″W / 50.7000°N 3.2000°W / 50.7000; -3.2000
Mouth
50°40′20″N 3°14′21″W / 50.6721°N 3.2391°W / 50.6721; -3.2391

Weir
East Devon
OSGB36
source
geology
impermeable
mudstones
sandstones
Triassic
Keuper marl
Greensand
clay-with-flints
spring line
Sidbury
Sidford
Sidmouth
Sid Vale Association
River Sid: The Shortest River in England?
ISBN
0-9512704-0-0
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Ceremonial county
Devon

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