Lynmouth is a harbour village on the north coast of Devon, separated from the Somerset border by the cliff-top parish of Countisbury.
As its name suggests, Lynmouth is built around the confluence the East and West Lyn rivers, where water flows into Lynmouth Bay. The East Lyn is joined by Farley Water at Watermeet, with it source up the gorge through the parish of Brendon.
The West Lyn flows through the village of Barbrook, from the parish of Challacombe and Exmoor. Barbrook is also the name of the tributary from the parish of Parracombe to the west.
Lynton is the cliff top village above Lynmouth, and is the postal town for the surrounding area, including those not in the parish of Lynton and Lynmouth. Lynton and Lynmouth, have a combined population of 1700, are administered by North Devon District.
Lynton provides a cliff-top route west, and joins the coastal part of the Tarka trail to the parish of Martinhoe.
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- Lynton Cinema Intimate small picture palace with 68 seats. Includes performance times, coming attractions, film gossip and downloadable trailers.
- Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway Technical information, history and gallery of the transport from the seafront to the top village.
- Tide Times: Lynmouth Calendar to check and high tidal conditions, to plan for the beach. Also moon phase, and times for rising and setting of the sun.
- Lynmouth Today Live webcam and images of the bay, tide times, wether and wind direction forecasts.