Lynton
Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately Template:Convert north-east of Barnstaple and Template:Convert west of Minehead, and close to the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers.Template:Citation needed Lynton sits directly above the neighbouring village of Lynmouth; the two settlements are separated by a steep gorge.
GovernanceEdit
Lynton is part of the Lynton and Lynmouth electoral ward whose total ward population at the 2011 census was 1,647.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The two communities are governed at local level by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council.
Location and geographyEdit
The two settlements are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway.
The South West Coast Path and Tarka Trail pass through, and the Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth. The Samaritans Way South West runs from Bristol to Lynton and the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey to Lynmouth.Template:Citation needed
The Valley of Rocks and Wringcliff Bay are Template:Convert to the west.Template:Citation needed
History and buildingsEdit
Evidence of Iron Age activity can be found at the nearby Roborough Castle.Template:Citation needed
Lynton's Parish Church of St Mary, stands overlooking the sea, surrounded by shops and hotels. The tower is mainly 13th century but the church itself has been enlarged and altered — most notably in 1741 and in late Victorian/early Edwardian times.<ref>Template:National Heritage List for England</ref>
Many of the town's buildings were constructed in the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century. Lynton Town Hall was given to the town by Sir George Newnes, Bart., a major benefactor of the town; it was opened on 15 August 1900.<ref>Template:National Heritage List for England</ref> He also gave the town the United Reformed Church building (originally a Congregational church) on Lee Road.<ref>Template:National Heritage List for England</ref>
TwinningEdit
Lynton and Lynmouth are jointly twinned with Bénouville in France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
TransportEdit
Lynton was once the terminus for the narrow-gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, which served both towns.Template:Citation needed
Template:As of, Lynton is served by the following bus services:
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SportEdit
The Lynton & Lynmouth Cricket Club, founded in August 1876, meet at the Valley of Rocks.
Notable peopleEdit
- Leslie McLean (1918–1987), cricketer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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External linksEdit
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