Work on preliminary designs for a new bridge further inland from Alma Bridge in Sidmouth is continuing, Devon County Council has confirmed.
Following the recent launch of East Devon District Council’s Beach Management Plan consultation on options to manage coastal and flood defences for Sidmouth seafront and East Beach, the County Council has repeated its commitment to getting the scheme for a new bridge shovel-ready.
Initial discussions have been held with Sidmouth Town Council, East Devon District Council, South West Water, and the Environment Agency on the proposals for...
Award-winning West End producer Paul Taylor-Mills will be raising the curtain on his hugely popular Summer Play Festival at Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre on Thursday (June 23) with a three-month run of productions featuring works from iconic playwrights including Coward, Wilde and Ayckbourn.
Theatregoers are in for a real treat this year with an amazing programme of 12 plays in as many weeks, which include such classics as The Ladykillers, Pygmalion, One Man, Two Guv’nors and Private Lives.
The town is bucking a national trend as the Manor Pavilion Theatre – owned and...
Free, specialist Information and support about cancer is coming to Devon from Monday 20th June to Thursday 23rd June. Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be visiting the area, with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and provide information.
The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is. It’s open to anyone, no matter what your concern - whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a loved one or carer for someone...
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be visiting the area, with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and offer information.
The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is.
Cancer can impact on all aspects of your life, and the mobile service team is available to provide information on issues ranging from how to deal with the side effects of treatment, what local support is available for carers, where to turn if you...
Members of the public are being invited to a special event which will highlight and address the risks of a person having a fall.
The event will be held at the Methodist Church in Sidmouth on 22 June 2016, between 10-12am, and people are invited to drop in at any time.
A number of professionals and services will be on hand to talk about the risks of having a fall. They will also provide practical functional advice on how to avoid falls and how to keep mobile and healthy. Refreshments will be provided.
Having a fall can be significant risk, especially for older people...
Over the coming weeks, Sidmouth, a Wyevale Garden Centre, will be giving something back to the local community by transforming the outdoor space of a Sidmouth organisation, as voted by the public. Until Sunday 19th June, visitors to the centre will be able to vote for their favourite nominee by placing a plant bulb – available at the tills - in the box of their choice. The shortlist of nominees is as follows: Sidmouth in Bloom – the Old Boat Park Sidmouth in Bloom is a voluntary body working within the local community that aims to continue the town’s floral heritage. If voted the winner,...
The Donkey Sanctuary is holding a Father’s Day Challenge on Sunday 19 June with plenty of things for the whole family.
Get outdoors this Father’s Day and enjoy some time with the family. The Donkey Sanctuary is holding a challenge event perfect for a family day out.
Spread across the two parts of a challenge is an exciting hunt driven by a list of clues that lead to secret locations across the Sanctuary. At each locations a puzzle will be found that needs completing to access the code it is hiding. Once all of the codes are found, teams can head back to the Events Barn for...
Book up for Gulliver’s Travels in Connaught Gardens on Sunday (June 5)
Sidmouth’s best loved garden will be the setting for an open air production of Gulliver’s Travels being performed by The Pantaloons theatre company on Sunday June 5.
The production – to be staged in Connaught Gardens - is a funny new adaptation based on the book by Jonathan Swift and begins at 7pm.
Later in the summer on August 10, a family-friendly production of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales will be staged by The Pantaloons in the Manor Gardens in Exmouth, again beginning at 7pm.
Slightly Fat Features present : Variety By the Sea
It's back. The sell out riotous cabaret show returns. Packed with special guest acts, physical feats, live music and hilarious comedy for all ages. Expect orchestrated mayhem!
£12/ £10 under 16s
Early booking recommended. Previous shows have always sold out!
