Traditional county: Devon · District / Borough: North Devon · Region: South West
Explore West Lyn, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Lyn map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | West Lyn |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| District / Borough | North Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.219156 |
| Longitude | -3.827823 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Lyn breathes the quietude of North Devon's rolling landscape, a collection of dwellings gathered like stones along the valley's gentle slope. It lies 1.2 km south-south-east of Lynton (from Lynton: bearing 156°T, OS grid SS 724 482), and is situated east-north-east of Barbrook village. Here, the air carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant heather, a subtle perfume that hints at the wild Exmoor National Park stretching nearby. The stone of the cottages, weathered by countless seasons, seems to absorb the soft, diffused light that filters through the ever-present Devon sky. A small, unassuming stream, the West Lyn River itself, murmurs its ancient song through the hamlet, its waters glinting like slivers of polished pewter on a cloudy day. Life here moves with a languid grace, dictated by the turning of the sun and the subtle shifts in the wind.
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Explore West Lyn, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.219156, -3.827823. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |