Colyford is a village in
East Devon
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census).
The district was formed ...
,
England
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situated midway between
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Heri ...
and
Sidmouth
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town h ...
on the A3052 road. To the north the village borders the town of
Colyton and lies within the latter's civil parish boundaries. To the south is the seaside resort town of
Seaton, separated from Colyford by the Seaton Wetlands, a series of nature reserves flanking the estuary of the
River Axe. Colyford lies on the
River Coly
The River Coly is a long river in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. It rises in several streams in the north of the parish of Farway. It then flows south through Farway village before turning east and flowing through the town of ...
, which flows into the River Axe immediately to the east of the village.
Colyford was formerly an Ancient Borough of long-standing and still elects a Mayor.
Features
Colyford is served by
St Michael's Church. There is also a post office, a butcher and two pubs.
Colyton Grammar School dates from 1546 and made headlines in recent years as the first school to 'opt out' of local authority control and gain
grant-maintained status and for achieving very high rankings in national examination league tables.
Colyford is home to a petrol filling station built in 1927–8. Although it no longer sells fuel, the filling station still displays 1950's petrol pumps.
Transport
Tram
Seaton Tramway
The Seaton Tramway is a narrow gauge electric tramway in the East Devon district of South West England. The route runs alongside the Axe Estuary and the River Coly, running between the coastal resort of Seaton, the village of Colyford, an ...
runs over part of the former
Seaton Branch line between
Seaton, Colyford and
Colyton. The branch closed in 1966, and tram services from Riverside commenced in August 1970, reaching Colyford in April 1971. Journey times from Colyford station are 15 minutes to Seaton and 10 minutes to Colyton. The Tramway operates a daily service from Easter to the end of October and a more limited service outside of this period.
Bus
Colyford is served by AVMT Buses' service 885 that runs between Beer & Axminster via Seaton & Colyton. Dartline 20 also serves Colyford between Seaton and Taunton via Honiton.
References
External links
colyfordvillage.co.uk- City Colyford's website
Villages in Devon
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