Lynton
Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately north-east of Barnstaple and west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers. Lynton sits directly above the neighbouring village of Lynmouth; the two settlements are separated by a steep gorge.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lynton view.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Lynton from Southcliff Hill
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Lynton
- UK place.population
- 1,157
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lynton and Lynmouth
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.shire_district
- North Devon
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SS718495
- UK place.dial_code
- 01598
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Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately north-east of Barnstaple and west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers. Lynton sits directly above the neighbouring village of Lynmouth; the two settlements are separated by a steep gorge.
==Governance== Lynton is part of the Lynton and Lynmouth electoral ward whose total ward population at the 2011 census was 1,647. The two communities are governed at local level by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council.
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