The 2023 Sidmouth Science Festival will run from Friday 6 October to Sunday 15 October 2023. We will also organise science related activities in connection with schools in the local area.
Please keep an eye on the website for the latest information.
Events: Festival - List
Lists of festival events by date
Friday 6th October 2023
Saturday 7th October 2023
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Super Science Saturday - overview 10:30 to 16:30Sidmouth Town Centre
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Make, take and experiment - at the Methodist Church Hall 10:30 to 16:30Methodist Church Hall
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Make and take: build your own cars, planes, kites, motors... 10:30 to 16:30The Lawn Kennaway House Coburg Road EX10 8NG
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Chemistry and other science activities - with Colyton Grammar and Exeter School 10:30 to 16:30Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
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Fabulous facts - upstairs at Kennaway 10:30 to 16:30The Blue and Yellow Rooms Kennaway House EX10 8SD
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Geology - at All Saints Church Hall 10:30All Saints Church Hall EX10 8ES
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Physics, chemistry, chromatography, microscopes - at the Parish Church 10:30 to 16:30Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
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Huelgoat Brittany - with Derry Corey 11:00 to 11:45All Saints Church All Saints Road Sidmouth EX10 8ES
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New Fossil Discoveries from the Triassic Red Rocks of Sidmouth with Chris Reedman 12:00 to 12:45All Saints Church All Saints Road Sidmouth EX10 8ES
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Caves and their Ice Age history with Dr Malcolm B Hart 13:00All Saints Church Hall EX10 8ES
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The Great Giant Clam Hunt - with Richard Edmonds 14:00All Saints Church All Saints Road Sidmouth EX10 8ES
Sunday 8th October 2023
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What does climate change mean for the UK food system - with Peter Falloon 14:00Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
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Environment Day - focus on food 14:00 to 17:00Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
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Agroecology - How food production can be part of the Solution, with Ruth Hancock 15:00Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
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Carbon footprinting - estimate yours! 16:00Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
Monday 9th October 2023
Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Visit to Energy from Waste Plant, including a talk on history of waste 10:00 to 12:00Energy from Waste Plant Exeter
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Cafe Scientifique: Floating Offshore Wind Farms 15:00 to 16:30Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
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Pros and cons of the latest sports technology for cyclists 19:00Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
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Live streaming of telescopes from the Observatory 19:30Online or Norman Lockyer Observatory
Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Stonehenge, science, speculation and Sacrilege - with Julian Richards 11:00Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
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Sidmouth Amphitheatre - a flood defence hidden in plain sight 14:30All Saints Church Hall EX10 8ES
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Site visit - Flood Relief Scheme at the Knowle 16:00 to 16:30The Knowle Sidmouth EX10 8HH
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Live streaming of telescopes from the Observatory 19:30Online or Norman Lockyer Observatory
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Severe thunderstorm warnings: with reference to the May 9th Otter Valley Flood 19:30Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
Thursday 12th October 2023
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History walk around the Norman Lockyer Observatory 11:00Norman Lockyer Observatory EX10 0NY
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Lab grown blood: growing more from a gift of blood donation - with prof Ash Toye 14:00Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG
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Science in the pub 19:00 to 21:00The Blue Ball Sidmouth EX10 9QL
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Live streaming of telescopes from the Observatory 19:30Online or Norman Lockyer Observatory
Friday 13th October 2023
Saturday 14th October 2023
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Fungi hunt - with Michael Jordan 10:00Sidmouth
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Biodiversity Day 10:00 to 16:00Kennaway House Coburg Road EX10 8NG
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The Two Moors Pine Marten Project: Could we see pine martens returning to the southwest? - with Tracey Hamston 10:00Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
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Robot Workshop 11:00 to 16:00All Saints Church Hall EX10 8ES
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Saving Butterflies - with Megan Lowe 11:30Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
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Harvest Mouse nest survey 13:30 to 15:30Peak Hill Car Park Sidmouth EX10 0NN
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The River Sewage Pollution Scandal - with Prof Peter Hammond and Ash Smith 14:00Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG
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The Sid and the Camel: how can the Camel help the Sid - with Ben Gallant 15:30Cellar Bar Kennaway House EX10 8NG