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Lynmouth harbour The harbour at Lynmouth, Devon, Eng.

Lynton and Lynmouth

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Lynton and Lynmouth, town (parish), North Devon district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England. The town consists of the communities of Lynmouth, which lies at the mouth of the East Lyn and West Lyn rivers, and Lynton, which stands on the cliff roughly 500 feet (150 metres) above. Lynmouth’s small harbour on the Bristol Channel, with its Rhenish tower, was reconstructed after a disastrous flood in August 1952. Both villages are summer resorts...

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