West Lyn
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Lyn, Devon” and “West Lynn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lynton Town Hall and St Bartholomew’s.
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.
Lyn and Exmoor Museum
Museum
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lyn and Exmoor Museum is a small museum in Lynton, Devon, England, housed in the town's oldest surviving domestic dwelling, a Grade II listed, whitewashed, stone cottage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barbrook and Lynmouth.
Barbrook
Village
Photo: Grant Sherman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Lynton
Town
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
West Lyn
- 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
51.2184° or 51° 13′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.82725° or 3° 49′ 38″ westElevation
719 feet (219 metres)Open location code
9C3R659F+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 316538610OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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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 “West Lyn”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.