Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Bridge 8
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The photograph on this page of Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Bridge 8 by Barrie Cann as part of the Geograph project.
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Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Bridge 8
Image: © Barrie Cann Taken: 28 May 2017
All that remains of the east abutment of Bridge 8 "Raleigh Weir Bridge" which carried the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway across the River Yeo at Raleigh Weir for the last time in 1935. The bridge itself is long gone, and much of the trackbed is now overgrown. The track ran from the west bank of the river, just out of shot on the left, and into the trees far right The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway was a 19 mile long narrow gauge railway, which ran across the stunning Exmoor landscape, from 1898, until its closure in 1935. In 2004, after many years of hard work and negotiation, a small section was re-opened. One of the world’s most famous little railways, you can read more of the exciting plans for the coming years at www.lynton-rail.co.uk
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Image Location
Latitude
51.08716
Longitude
-4.048868