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Natural, Undeveloped Beauty
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Poor public transport
In a nutshell
Where the hills and rivers meet the sea.
johngayton Says: Unsurprisingly Lynmouth and Lynton attract a lot of artistic people and one of the most prominent is Maurice Bishop whose studio is on the main drag of Lynmouth's Riverside Road.Maurice specialises in oil paintings of local scenes and he can be seen at work most days at the...
johngayton Says: Lynmouth's location - "Where Exmoor Meets The Sea" - makes it an ideal base for exploring the delights that the National Park has to offer. The area is criss-crossed with public footpaths and bridleways offering stunning coastal walks, riverside strolls and cardio-vascular...
21 MILE DRIVE - Little Switzerland's Scenic Drive
swilsons Says: The 21 Mile Drive is a 'scenic' figure of eight drive around the beautiful 'Little Switzerland' area of Exmoor National Park.The route takes in Lynton & Lynmouth, the Heddon and Brendon Valleys, Woody Bay, Valley Of Rocks and Watersmeet. We were not disappointed, we managed...
johngayton Says: Lynmouth is an ideal base for walking the North Devon part of the South Coast path but also offers the option of more gentle inland walking opportunities such as following the River Lyn up to where it meets the Hoaroak at Watersmeet and the NT teashop at the cleft. This...
Shelleys - A 'Hotel Of The Year'
6 Reviews and 270 Opinions Great hotel! Immaculately clean,very friendly hosts They were very helpful with sightseeing and...
Shelley's Hotel & River Restaurant
7 Reviews and 270 Opinions Overlooking the bay and harbour in Lynmouth, at the foot of the Glen Lyn Gorge, this hotel is...
Hunters Inn: Hunters Inn For Lunch
johngayton Says: The Hunters Inn is a bit out of the way to go for lunch - 7 miles along the South West Coastal Path to be precise, and a hard 7 miles at that. It is however well worth doing the journey, not so much for the food and beer at the destination but for the spectacular journey...
Fish on the harbour: Best fish and chips ever
daleandles Says: Eat in or outside in the garden, or take away. Best fish and chips ever. We went back several times and tried the pies as well, which were very good. Fish was in beer batter and very crispy and not greasy. All cooked fresh. Chips were 'real' meaning that they were hand cut....
Helpfulness
Most of what happens after dark here in Lynmouth happens behind closed doors, most summer visitors preferring early starts and early nights, whilst the locals tend to use the pubs up top (ie in Lynton). This leaves a small hard-core of drinkers, mostly those of us in the hotel trade who have just finished work, with an odd local farmer thrown in, to congregate in the bar of The Rising Sun Hotel until the small hours.
This late night activity inevitably involves copious amounts of alcohol as we wind down from the day's exertions, aided and abetted by Tony, our amiable landlord, who is quite fond of a beer or two himself.
Dress Code: No strict dress code, though in the earlier stages of the evening some modicum of smartness expected - but as the night progresses..............
Written Dec 27, 2006
Address: Harbourside, Lynmouth
Phone: 01598 753223
Website: www.risingsunlynmouth.co.uk
johngayton Says: Lynton and Lynmouth have a regular bus service Mondays to Saturdays to and from Barnstaple - the Filers Travel #'s 309 and 310. Buses run roughly hourly during the day but only certain buses go down to Lynmouth itself.The trip into Barnstaple takes just over an hour with a...
R0dn3y Says: We walked from Lynmouth to the Exmoor Sandpiper Inn early one evening. However the walk took longer than expected and by the time we finished our refreshments in the pub it was 8:30pm. We planned to walk back to Lynmouth but it was too dark. There is no lighting on the main...
johngayton Says: One of the village’s regular visitors is this heron who every evening around dusk arrives in search of supper. It stands patiently at pretty much the same spot in the river and whilst I’ve never seen it actually catch anything I assume it must do, otherwise it wouldn’t be...
johngayton Says: In early May the sun sets invisibly behind Hollerday Hill, to the east of the village. Even though you can’t see it setting its dying light still offers some amazingly surreal seascapes outwards over the bay with the Welsh coastline forming the horizon. On this particular...
johngayton Says: It had been one of those North Devon summer days - a four-season day we call it - when it had been alternately freezing, misty, a major rainstorm broke around lunchtime and through it all a dervish wind whipped it up to complete the maelstrom. Towards the evening though it...
johngayton Says: Yes there was another pub involved in this pic! I was on my way through the Valley of Rocks heading for the Coastal Path round to Hunters Inn when I came across this goat taking advantage of the warming tarmac.Too good a photo op not to double up with the previous tip ;-)
johngayton Says: OK this is a purely gratuitous use of the pic, having been carefully edited so that the sign appears to apply to the river bed.But it amused me on my way home from the pub ;-HIC!
The Rockford Inn For An Afternoon Beer
johngayton Says: A pleasant, but well-travelled, path is the footpath along the river to Watersmeet where the rivers Lyn and Hoaroak meet. Here you'll find a pleasant, but temperance, National Trust tearoom.But if you want a beer then you have to go a bit further. Take the right-hand...
johngayton Says: Whilst I may have a bit of a reputation for being a drunk those that know me know that I never have a drink until I've done something either constructive, creative or energetic - then, and only then, do i reward myself with a beer (and sometimes even two).Something I'd been...
The Wave Turbine Out In The Bay
johngayton Says: Looking out over the bay there is a odd, out-of-place, modern structure protruding relatively inconspicuously from the waters. Doing a little research reveals that this is actually quite a fascinating little experiment into renewable energy resources; generating electricity...
Helpfulness
It may seem a strange place to think of as a sufing destination but autumn here in Lynmouth, with its big 10 metre tides backed with a southwesterly wind, provides some of the best surfing in Britain. OK, perhaps as a "dude location" the local bars are not geared up for the "apres surf" activies that perhaps Newquay has to offer but the tide is good and the water works.
Check out the site below, though some disagree!!
Equipment: The water is COLD so wet suits are a must - bring your own!
Updated Oct 16, 2006
Address: Lynmouth Bay
Website: http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Europe/UK/Devon_North/lynmouth/
johngayton Says: My last (to date - Oct 2011) working season here was at the Tors Hotel. In mid-summer the sun set after I'd finished work for the day and so I got plenty of opportunities to get some amazing pics. However as Autumn drew in the sunsets became earlier and earlier and because...
Not content with merely generating its own...
johngayton Says: ...electricity (see tip on Glen Lyn Gorge) the footpath between Lynton and Lynmouth is lit at night entirely by solar powered "Street Lights". All of these have been sponsored by local businesses and have the great advantage that they are self-contained units and so needed...
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Lynmouth Exmoor Devon - "Little Switzerland"
White-washed cottages and shops backed by the dramatic hills and valleys of Exmoor meet the rugged coastline forming the highest seacliffs in England. Here at the confluence of the East and West Lyn...
The froth-topped waves compete against each other, crashing and crescendoing as the currents tug them hither. The muddily-rippled deep troughs support the breakers, ebbing and flowing as dictated by...
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