North Devon
North Devon District
Lynton & Lynmouth

Lynmouth

Lynmouth is a village in , England, on the northern edge of . The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet directly below the neighbouring town of , which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Lynmouth, Devon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Lynmouth Lifeboat Station.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Lynmouth, in England from 1869 until 1944.

Pub
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lynton and West Lyn.

Town
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on the coast in the district in the county of , England, approximately 17 miles north-east of and 18 miles west of , and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the civil parish of in the district of , England. Its nearest town is , which lies approximately 1 mile north from the hamlet. The hamlet is within the National Park.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Valley of Rocks, sometimes called , is a dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in north , England, about 1 kilometre to the west of the village of .

Lynmouth

Latitude
51.22986° or 51° 13′ 48″ north
Longitude
-3.82907° or 3° 49′ 45″ west
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LNM
Open location code
9C3R65HC+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 40985862
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643291
Wiki­data ID
Q1234805
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Satellite Map

Discover Lynmouth from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Lynmouth” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lynmouth”
  • Chinese: “林茅斯”
  • Dutch: “Lynmouth”
  • French: “Lynmouth”
  • German: “Lynmouth”
  • Irish: “Lynmouth”
  • Italian: “Lynmouth”
  • Japanese: “リンマス”
  • Latin: “Lynmouth”
  • Polish: “Lynmouth”
  • Portuguese: “Lynmouth”
  • Volapük: “Lynmouth”
  • Welsh: “Lynmouth”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Park Gardens and Lynbridge.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Glen Lyn Gorge and Lyn Model Railway.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lynmouth”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.