Sid Valley Ring

Launched at the 2019 Sidmouth Walking Festival, the Sid Valley Ring route was created by Sidmouth Town Council and the Sid Vale Association using existing footpaths around the town. This well signed journey around the Sid Valley has been set up with two main ideas in mind, firstly to encourage more walking in the area and secondly to show walkers, many of whom are tourists, what a fantastic range of buildings and scenery the Sid Valley has to offer.

As part of the ring, walkers will see some 30 attractions. Our town is well known for its wonderful Esplanade, fine hotels, and attractive shopping centre full of individual shops: our perfect little valley provides a beautiful backdrop. You will visit the picturesque Devon villages of Sidbury and Salcombe Regis, passing many listed buildings along the way. Our benign climate and fertile soils produce a rich mix of natural woodland, open fields and deep Devon lanes full of wild flowers.

The full walk marked in green on the map is 13 miles, and those up for the challenge can expect to complete the whole route in six or seven hours. Alternatively the Byes Link, a riverside route connecting Sidford to Sidmouth town centre marked in blue, allows for two shorter walks of 9 and 7 miles.