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Funicular
Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway
Water-powered funicular railway joining Lynmouth and Lynton, opened in 1890 and Grade II listed.
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Exmoor & Lynmouth: things to do
Places worth your time in Exmoor & Lynmouth
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Things to do in Exmoor & Lynmouth
Wahrzeichen, Museen, Parks und Aussichtspunkte in der Gegend und ihrer Umgebung.
Tal
Valley of Rocks
Dry valley about 1 km west of Lynton, running parallel to the coast and known for its feral goats.
Historisches Haus
Watersmeet
Former fishing lodge of about 1832 in the East Lyn gorge, now a National Trust tea room and shop.
Museum
Lyn and Exmoor Museum
Small museum in Lynton's oldest surviving cottage, covering local life and the 1952 Lynmouth flood.
Historisches Gebäude
Lynton Town Hall
Grade II* listed town hall on Lee Road with a community bookshop on the ground floor.
Dorf
Lynmouth
Village in a gorge where the East and West Lyn rivers meet, directly below Lynton.
Dorf
Countisbury
Hamlet on Exmoor two miles east of Lynmouth; the Iron Age fort on Wind Hill may be the site of a battle in 878.
Landspitze
Foreland Point
The most northerly point of the Devon and Exmoor coast, owned by the National Trust, with a Trinity House lighthouse.
Cove
Heddon's Mouth
Rocky cove about a mile down the River Heddon from the Hunter's Inn, cared for by the National Trust.
Museumsbahn
Woody Bay Station
Station on the restored Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, with a tea room open on train days.
Küstenklippe
Great Hangman
The highest sea cliff in England, 318 metres, and the highest point of the South West Coast Path.
Zoo
Exmoor Zoo
Conservation zoo near Bratton Fleming specialising in smaller animals, developed from Exmoor Bird Gardens.
Summit
Dunkery Beacon
Highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset at 519 metres, with Bronze Age cairns; owned by the National Trust.
Brücke
Tarr Steps
Clapper bridge of 17 spans across the River Barle, 55 metres long; Grade I listed.
Hafen
Porlock Weir
Tidal harbour hamlet west of Porlock with over a thousand years of history.
Museum
Dovery Manor Museum
Local museum in a late 15th-century manor house in Porlock, with displays on Porlock Hill and the 1899 lifeboat launch.
Dorf
Selworthy
Village on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate below Selworthy Beacon, one of Exmoor's high points.
Burg
Dunster Castle
Castle on a steep hill called the Tor, fortified since Anglo-Saxon times and held by the Luttrell family for centuries.
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- Exmoor & Lynmouth (area photo): Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Watersmeet: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lyn and Exmoor Museum: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lynton Town Hall: Maria, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lynmouth: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Foreland Point: Soloist at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Heddon's Mouth: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Woody Bay Station: Lynbarn at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Exmoor Zoo: Lee Vilenski, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dunkery Beacon: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tarr Steps: Mik Peach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Porlock Weir: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Selworthy: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Exeter: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Plymouth: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Torquay, Paignton & Brixham: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dartmoor: Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
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