East Lyn
East Lyn is a locality in Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon, England. East Lyn is situated nearby to the locality Hillsford, as well as near the hamlet West Lyn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wind Hill and Lynmouth Lifeboat Station.
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.
Lynmouth Lifeboat Station
Museum
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lynmouth Lifeboat Station was the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Lynmouth, Devon in England from 1869 until 1944.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Lyn and Lynmouth.
West Lyn
Hamlet
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.
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.
East Lyn
- Type: Locality
- Location: Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2193° or 51° 13′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.8138° or 3° 48′ 50″ westElevation
889 feet (271 metres)Open location code
9C3R659P+PFGeoNames ID
10100339
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