West Lyn River

West Lyn River
River
Glen Lyn Gorge
Country	England
County	Somerset


Source
- location	Benjamy, The Chains, Somerset, England
- elevation	400 m (1,312 ft)
- coordinates	51°10′36″N 3°38′40″W / 51.17667°N 3.64444°W / 51.17667; -3.64444
Secondary source	Barbrook
- location	near Ilkerton Ridge, Devon, England
- elevation	300 m (984 ft)
- coordinates	51°11′20″N 3°50′30″W / 51.18889°N 3.84167°W / 51.18889; -3.84167
Mouth	Lynmouth
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
- coordinates	51°13′46″N 3°49′44″W / 51.22944°N 3.82889°W / 51.22944; -3.82889Coordinates: 51°13′46″N 3°49′44″W / 51.22944°N 3.82889°W / 51.22944; -3.82889

The West Lyn is a river in England which rises high in Exmoor, Somerset, and joins the East Lyn at Lynmouth in Devon.

The upper reaches have been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because of the geomorphological landforms created in the 1952 flood.^[1]

The lower reaches of the river towards Lynmouth, known as the Glen Lyn Gorge, is a tourist attraction including a museum about the local water cycle, the floods of 1952, and a small hydroelectric plant.

Water is piped from the river to generate hydroelectric power for the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which is a water-balance funicular railway.

References

↑ "River Lyn SSSI citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

Rivers of Exmoor, England

Rivers	Aller Avill Barle Bray East Lyn Exe Hoar Oak Water Haddeo Horner Heddon West Lyn

Ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset Portal

Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset North Somerset

Boroughs or districts	Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset

Major settlements	Axbridge Bath Bridgwater Bruton Burnham-on-Sea Castle Cary Chard Clevedon Crewkerne Dulverton Frome Glastonbury Highbridge Ilminster Keynsham Langport Midsomer Norton Minehead Nailsea North Petherton Portishead Radstock Shepton Mallet Somerton Taunton Watchet Wellington Wells Weston-super-Mare Wincanton Wiveliscombe Yeovil See also: List of civil parishes in Somerset

Rivers	Alham Aller Avill Avon Axe (Bristol Channel) Axe (Lyme Bay) Badgworthy Water Banwell Barle Brue Cam Brook Cary Chew East Lyn Exe Fivehead Frome Haddeo Hoar Oak Water Holford Horner Huntspill Isle Land Yeo Mells Midford Brook Oare Water Parret Severn Estuary Sheppey Somer Sowy Tone Washford Wellow Brook West Lyn Whitelake Yeo (Congresbury) Yeo (South Somerset)

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