Lynmouth
![Lynmouth village](/Images/godic/202501/25/Lynmouth_Church_and_village_buildings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_14566903416.jpg")
![A car of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Opened in 1890, the railway is a water-operated funicular, 862 feet (263 m) long, operating on a 1 in 1.75 gradient track. One car descends, while the other ascends, on a counterbalance system. The water is piped from the West Lyn River](/Images/godic/202501/25/Lynmouth.railway.arp.750pix3416.jpg")
![Lynmouth Harbour](/Images/godic/202501/25/Lynmouth_harbour3416.jpg")
![The meeting of the Lynmouth rivers. The river seen here is the East Lyn River, the West Lyn River joins it at the white bridge.](/Images/godic/202501/25/Lynmouth.rivermeeting.arp.750pix3416.jpg")
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. Both villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway which works two cable-connected cars on gravity, using water tanks.