Countisbury

Places of Interest

Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse is located on Foreland Point; it was originally simply named 'The Foreland Lighthouse'. First lit on 28 September 1900, the lighthouse was built to assist vessels passing through the Bristol Channel, and is a round brick tower painted white.

Wind Hill

Peak

Photo: Trotboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wind Hill, situated close to Lynmouth in Devon, England, is the location of an Iron Age enclosure or "spur" hill fort. The site is effectively a hillside forming a spur or promontory between the steep valley of the East Lyn River to the south and the cliffs to the north.

Watersmeet House

Café

Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Watersmeet House is a National Trust property located some 1.8 miles east of Lynmouth, in the English county of Devon. A former fishing lodge, it is today used as an information centre, tea room and shop by the National Trust.

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Lynton and Lynmouth

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Lynton

Town

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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. Lynton is situated 3 miles west of Countisbury.

Brendon

Village

Photo: Peter French, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brendon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brendon and Countisbury, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England.

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