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Devon: Lyme Bay
Devon: Lyme Bay The shoreline of Lyme Bay at Sidmouth, Devon, England, looking west toward Peak Hill.

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Sidmouth, town and coastal resort, East Devon district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England, 15 miles (24 km) east-southeast of Exeter by road. Lying in a hollow formed by the River Sid, the town is shut in by hills that terminate in the forelands of Salcombe Hill and Peak Hill, two sheer sandstone cliffs of deep red colour. The beach, on Lyme Bay of the English Channel, is pebbly, with sand at low...

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