Lynmouth Bay
Lynmouth Bay is a bay in England, United Kingdom. Lynmouth Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Countisbury, as well as near the town Lynton.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.
Lynmouth Bay railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynmouth and Countisbury.
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.
Countisbury
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Countisbury 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.
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.
Lynmouth Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.23632° or 51° 14′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.81603° or 3° 48′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C3R65PM+GHGeoNames ID
11103119
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