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Sidmouth Esplanade – View of Sidmouth loop from Polsloe Bridge

Sidmouth Esplanade – View of Sidmouth loop from Polsloe Bridge

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Sidmouth Esplanade – View of Sidmouth loop from Polsloe Bridge

03:07

57.7km

890m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 9.19 km for 155 m

After 26.7 km for 167 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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26.8 km

Delderfield Community Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

27.7 km

Jacob's Ladder and Beach, Sidmouth

Highlight • Beach

Jacob's Ladder is the beach at the western end of Sidmouth and gets its name from the steep wooden staircase that lead down to the sand.

At the top of the staircase is Connaught Gardens, a public park since 1924.

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28.1 km

Sidmouth Esplanade

Highlight • Beach

Cliffs flank either side of Sidmouth Esplanade which has been the scene of promenading since the 18th century. Until then, Sidmouth was a quiet fishing village but the fashionable appetite …

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28.8 km

View of Sidmouth Lifeboat Station and Seafront

Highlight • Settlement

The RNLI lifeboat is often on display at the end of the eastern end of The Esplanade

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29.1 km

Sidmouth Beach

Highlight • Beach

Nice views of Salcombe Hill Cliff and Sidmouth Beach, over the River Sid, from the east end of the Esplanade.

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30.9 km

View of Sidmouth

Highlight • Viewpoint

Stunning and worth the climb :D

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31.2 km

Norman Lockyer Observatory

Highlight • Structure

Norman Lockyer was a Victorian amateur astronomer, who discovered the element Helium in the Sun’s corona in 1868 and was one of the founders of the science journal Nature in …

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32.7 km

River Sid Ford

Highlight • Bridge

This pretty ford over the River Sid can be cycled across if you are careful on the slope, which can be slippery at times. There's a little bridge you can …

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53.4 km

Clyst Honiton Entrance on The Trafalgar Way

Highlight • Trail

It says no entry, but that's for cars.

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57.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.1 km

6.39 km

3.07 km

1.82 km

214 m

149 m

Surfaces

44.4 km

13.0 km

246 m

149 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Sunday 26 July

24°C

13°C

0 %

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Sidmouth Esplanade – View of Sidmouth loop from Polsloe Bridge

Jacob's Ladder and Beach, Sidmouth

Sidmouth Esplanade

View of Sidmouth Lifeboat Station and Seafront

Sidmouth Beach

View of Sidmouth

Norman Lockyer Observatory

River Sid Ford

Clyst Honiton Entrance on The Trafalgar Way

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