Devon
North Devon District
Martinhoe

Woody Bay railway station

Woody Bay, within the National Park, is a station on the former Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a narrow gauge line that ran through from to and in North .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Martinhoe, Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Woody Bay”, “Woody Bay Railway Station”, and “Woody Bay Station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Killington Lane railway station and St Petrock’s Church, Parracombe.

Railway station
Killington Lane is a temporary terminus about one mile southwest of Woody Bay on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, the narrow gauge line that originally ran for 19 miles through from to and in North . is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Woody Bay railway station.

Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Petrock's Church in , , England was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. is situated 1 mile southwest of Woody Bay railway station.

Archaeological site
is an Iron Age hill fort close to in , . It is situated on a hilltop some 290 metres above sea level, overlooking the Heddon Valley. is situated 1¼ miles west of Woody Bay railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Barbrook.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a civil parish in the district of , England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of , which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.

Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. It is close to the source of the West Lyn River. The village post office and shop closed on 27 September 2008. is situated 2 miles northeast of Woody Bay railway station.

Locality
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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 . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Woody Bay railway station.

Woody Bay railway station

Latitude
51.20175° or 51° 12′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.88743° or 3° 53′ 15″ west
Elevation
978 feet (298 metres)
Open location code
9C3R6427+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7989362427
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6955241
Wiki­data ID
Q3301769
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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 “Woody Bay railway station”. Photo: Lynbarn, CC BY-SA 3.0.