Colyford
Colyford is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated midway between Lyme Regis and Sidmouth on the A3052 road. To the north the village borders the town Colyton. To the south is the seaside resort town 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, which flows into the River Axe immediately to the east of the village.
Colyford was formerly an ancient borough. It was formerly in the civil parish of Colyton, on 1 April 2023 it became a civil parish in its own right.
Features
Colyford is served by St Michael's Church. There are 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 station built in 1927–8. Although it no longer sells fuel, the filling station still displays 1950s petrol pumps.
The annual Goose Fayre is held on the last Saturday in September and draws crowds from all around.