Budleigh Salterton Carnival Club have come away from Sidmouth Carnival with a number of awards for their show.

Sidmouth Carnival took place on Saturday (September 28), and hundreds lined the procession route through Sidmouth to see the many colourful acts and displays involved.

Read more and see our picture roundup from the event: In pictures: Sidmouth's 2024 Illuminated carnival procession.

Budleigh won Class 5 Open Floats 30ft and Under: 1st Pure Imagination – Budleigh Salterton CC. And Class 6 East Devon Royalty: 1st Honiton Royalty, 2nd Under The Sea – Budleigh Salterton Royalty.

Holly Phillips, chair of the Carnival Committee, said: "The carnival committee would like to express our thanks the the many local groups that returned to this year's carnival.

It was fantastic to see all the children having a good time in there creative costumes. With the 1000s that came and lined the streets it really gave a boost to the committee to have so many if you coming up and expressing your thanks for keeping this long-standing tradition in Sidmouth going.  Also a big thank you to the many businesses this year that have got behind our carnival program with sponsorship. 

Sidmouth Carnival would also like to thank the businesses who have supported this years carnival: Myca's R & H Signs, Taste of Sidmouth, Fords of Sidmouth, Ascent Printed Media, Toffee Nosed Sweet Shop, Sidsoft Vernon Accounting, Bradley's Estate Agents, Sidmouth Everys, Sidmouth Cut Throat Shaving, Hare and Hounds Oakdown Golf, Oakdown Campsite, The Blue Ball, Sweetcoombe Cottage Holidays, Wag and Bone Sidbury, Toto's Sidmouth, Paws Rosettes and Ribbons, Scruffy 2 Fluffy Dog Grooming, Sidford Social Hall, Toadpitt Medical, Devon and Cornwall 4x4 response, Pecorama, Four Elms Fruit Farm, Lyme Bay Winery, Gliddons Toymaster, Gliddons Cook's Corner, Radway Cinema, The Radway Inn, Sidmouth Tourist Information and Sidmouth Post Office

The results are as follows: 

Class 1 Open Spectacular Floats: 1st Joseph – Ipplepen CC, 2nd What A Show – Sid Vale CC, 3rd Kraken Returns – Otters CC.

Class 2 Youth Floats: 1st Bugsy Malone – Next Generation JCC.

Class 3 Humorous: 1st Pull The Plug – Honiton Young Farmers.

Class 4 Local: 1st Ghostbusters (Who U Gonna Call) – Gliddons Bright Sparks, 2nd D.Day – Sidmouth Living With Cancer.

Class 5 Open Floats 30ft and Under: 1st Pure Imagination – Budleigh Salterton CC.

Class 6 East Devon Royalty: 1st Honiton Royalty, 2nd Under The Sea – Budleigh Salterton Royalty.

Class 7 Visiting Royalty: 1st Secret Garden – Ottery St. Mary Royalty, 2nd Poltair Carnival Royalty, 3rd Okehampton Carnival Royalty.

Class 9 Individual Walking Adult: 1st Voodoo Spirit – Neville Quick, 2nd Follow Me To Egypt – Camel As We Go – Grant Miller.

Class 11 Individual Walking Youth 11-17 Years: 1st Steampunk Pirate – Jiggle Junior CC.

Class 15 Groups Walking Youth: 1st Exeter Starlites, 2nd Stormy Seas – 1st Sid Vale Beavers, 3rd 1st Sid Vale Minion Cub Pack – 1st Sid Vale Bear & Wolf Cub Packs.

Class 16 Wheeled Non-Motorised: 1st Egyptopia – Bubbles CC, 2nd Carnival Cuddles – Phil Armour CC.

Best In Procession – Joseph - Ipplepen CC.

Best Walking Entry – Steampunk Pirate – Jiggle Junior CC.

Committee Choice – What A Show – Sid Vale CC.