With winter just around the corner, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth is gearing up to make the season sparkle.
Set in the heart of the East Devon countryside, there are lots of resident donkeys to meet, play areas, engaging exhibits and scenic walks. The sanctuary is free to visit and park, and it’s dog friendly too.
The sanctuary’s miniature donkeys, who have recently moved...
For £2, from Friday 1 November 2024 to Monday 31 March 2025, you can park for up to four hours in most short stay car parks, or up until midnight in all other East Devon District Council (EDDC) car parks*.
Listening to feedback from residents about the winter offer in previous years, EDDC is introducing changes at some of the council’s busiest car parks. At short-stay car parks in...
A pair of miniature donkey foals, who were born to mares following The Donkey Sanctuary’s biggest ever rescue operation, are part of the herd enjoying life in a new nature inspired enrichment paddock in the heart of the Sidmouth sanctuary.
Close companions Peanut and Maverick were born at the animal-welfare charity’s donkey hospital near Honiton, in April 2021. Their mums, Sharon and...
A kind gesture by an East Devon football team means residents of The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth can enjoy continued wellbeing through exercise and play.
Feniton Football Club donated 60 used footballs to the sanctuary after hearing that the resident donkeys often play with footballs as part of their enrichment activities.
Enrichment is incredibly important for the resident...
There’s a new spooky adventure awaiting visitors at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth this October.
The Trick or Trot Halloween Trail is the perfect excuse for getting the family out in the autumnal air to explore the sanctuary and search for pumpkins that hide a trick or treat for the resident donkeys.
By guessing what is a trick or treat for the donkeys, this family...
Star of Channel 5’s The Yorkshire Vet, Peter Wright, will join a number of other animal experts and renowned pet artist, Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth to celebrate National Human-Animal Bond Awareness Day on Sunday 28 July.
The day is a collaboration between a number of charities and organisations from across the UK to celebrate the relationship between...
A community group has launched a campaign to make 50 businesses in the Sid Valley more ‘dementia friendly’ by Christmas.
More than a dozen businesses have already taken the free training offered by Dementia Friendly Sidmouth which launched in June with the aim of raising awareness of dementia to improve the lives of those living with the condition and their families/carers.
Nestled in the heart of the East Devon countryside, the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary is the perfect free family day out.
There are hundreds of resident donkeys to meet; from adorable miniature donkeys to large Poitou donkeys, as well as a playpark set among a safe landscaped area, a leafy maze, and even a bat beacon, where visitors can find out how these fascinating flying mammals...
Residents in Sidmouth have been thanked for their patience and cooperation by Devon County Council following the completion of work on the culvert under Woolbrook Road. The top of the culvert had to be replaced after a routine inspection identified concerns with its condition that had led to cracking on the road surface. Work started in March with a temporary road closure to remove the...
Officers from Sidmouth Neighbourhood Police Team recently had the honour of assisting a local Rainbows group in earning their police badge.
The children had a lovely time meeting PC Tom Driver and Police Community Support Officer Sarah Reece and they even got to see a police car up close with blue flashing lights.
The group also had the chance to try on some of the police...
