Lynton
Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately 17 miles north-east of Barnstaple and 18 miles west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,160 residents
- Description: town in Devon, England
- Also known as: “Linton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lynton Town Hall and Lynton Cinema.
Lynton Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Mariatnt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton Town Hall is a municipal building in Lee Road, Lynton, Devon, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Lynton Urban District Council, is a grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynmouth and Valley of the Rocks.
Lynmouth
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet directly below the neighbouring town of Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible.
Valley of the Rocks
Locality
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The Valley of Rocks, sometimes called Valley of the Rocks, is a dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in north Devon, England, about 1 kilometre to the west of the village of Lynton.
West Lyn
Hamlet
West Lyn is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lynton and Lynmouth in the North Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Lynton, which lies approximately 1 mile north from the hamlet. The hamlet is within the Exmoor National Park.
Lynton
- Category: locality
- Location: Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon District, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.22942° or 51° 13′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.83651° or 3° 50′ 11″ westPopulation
1,160Elevation
610 feet (186 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LYTOpen location code
9C3R65H7+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 40996849OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Lynton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Lynton”
- Basque: “Lynton”
- Belarusian: “Лінтон”
- Chinese: “林頓”
- Chinese: “林顿”
- Dutch: “Lynton”
- French: “Lynton”
- Irish: “Lynton”
- Italian: “Lynton”
- Japanese: “リントン (デヴォン州)”
- Ladin: “Lynton”
- Latin: “Lynton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lynton”
- Persian: “لینتون”
- Polish: “Lynmouth”
- Polish: “Lynton i Lynmouth”
- Polish: “Lynton”
- Portuguese: “Lynton”
- Russian: “Линтон”
- Spanish: “Lynton”
- Swedish: “Lynton”
- Volapük: “Lynton”
- Welsh: “Lynton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lynton Fire Station and Lynton Post Office.
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