Lynmouth

The meeting point of the two rivers at Lynmouth. The West Lyn River meets the East Lyn River below the bridge .

The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway opened in 1890 .

Lynmouth is a fishing village on the north coast of the county of Devon in the district of North Devon in south-west England . The place is located about 150 kilometers southwest of Bristol and about 50 kilometers northwest of Appledore . The place became known through the Lynmouth disaster on the night of August 15-16, 1952.

The place is part of the Exmoor National Park . Lynmouth forms a community ( civil parish ) together with the neighboring town of Lynton . The village is surrounded by a cliff with the water ballast train Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway , which is powered by the water of the West Lyn river and connects the two places.

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• Rivers East and West Lyn at Lynmouth in 1911
• From Lyndale Bridge in 1920 at Lynmouth
• Middleham on the River East Lyn about 1871 at Lynmouth
• Watersmeet, Ruske Bridge, 1890 at Lynmouth
• Lynmouth in 1920
• Group of buildings on the River Lyn in 1932 at Lynmouth
• Group of buildings on the River Lyn in 1929 at Lynmouth
• The Hotel Granville house in 1929 in Lynmouth
• View of the unspoilt Lynmouth in 1929 from the gate .
• The undestroyed Lynmouth in 1950
• View of the unspoilt Lynmouth in 1950 from Mars hill .
• View of the rebuilt Lynmouth in 1960 from Mars hill .

Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′  N , 3 ° 50 ′  W