Lynmouth in general

I had the pleasure of visiting Devon back in May of this year and took a trip to Lynton & Lynmouth. I have put these two villages together Lynmouth lies at the bottom of Lynton. We took a carriage ride down the side of a large hill on the Cliff railway which takes you down to Lynmouth village on the northern edge of the west country peninsula in beautiful Exmoor. Rivers and waterfalls wend their way through wooded valleys leading through to the sea, creating the most beautiful village and countryside i have ever seen. The victorians used to call it Little Switzerland. I felt that i had stepped back in time and the sheer beauty of this ...  Read the complete review

Hi! I'm going to tell you about the beautiful, tiny North Devon villages of Lynton & Lynmouth as this is my home. I suppose Im hoping that using this opportunity I can advertise my wonderful little village and maybe persuade a few of you to come and visit, As we here on the rugged North Devon coast line rely so much on the tourist trade, And we are all still recovering from 2001, a terrible and disastrous year with the out break of foot and mouth. I think we need all the help we can get this year! Well where can I start, Lynmouth is a small quiet seaside town off the A39, Set deep In some of the highest and most rugged cliffs in England. Sheltered ...  Read the complete review

When we headed out to North Devon at Easter, I was glad to find myself in such a picturesque area. We stayed just above Lynmouth and came down the cliff on the railway one day. We climbed the Lyn Gorge, the Lyn being the river from whence Lynmouth and Lynton get their names, and read about the horrendous flooding that occurred in 1952 when the river passed more water in one day than the Thames passes out to sea in three months! Take a walk around this town and you can see the tide mark on the buildings that did survive. Dont make the mistake I did, and forget your camera, the view from the top of the gorge is outstanding. Unfortuatly, the Valley of ...  Read the complete review