Woody Bay railway station
Woody Bay, within the Exmoor National Park, is a station on the former Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Martinhoe, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Woody Bay”, “Woody Bay Railway Station”, and “Woody Bay Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Killington Lane railway station and Beacon Castle.
Killington Lane railway station
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 Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. Killington Lane railway station is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Woody Bay railway station.
Beacon Castle
Archaeological site
Beacon Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Parracombe in Devon, England. It is situated on a hilltop some 290 metres above sea level, overlooking the Heddon Valley. Beacon Castle is situated 1¼ miles west of Woody Bay railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Barbrook.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.Barbrook
Village
Barbrook is a village in Devon, England. It is close to the source of the West Lyn River. The village post office and shop closed on 27 September 2008. Barbrook is situated 2 miles northeast of Woody Bay railway station.
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Locality
Woody Bay railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Martinhoe, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20175° or 51° 12′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.88743° or 3° 53′ 15″ west
Elevation
978 feet (298 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C3R6427+M2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Woody Bay railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Woody Bay”
- French: “Woody Bay (Lynton and Barnstaple Railway)”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Woody Bay”
- Venetian: “stasion de Woody Bay”
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