The multi-award winning and famous Lynton and Lynmouth funicular Cliff Railway opened in 1890 and is the highest and the steepest totally water powered railway in the world! This historic funicular Cliff Railway is a silver award winner in Devon's Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2020, holds the Green Tourism 'Gold' award for sustainable tourism & several heritage and transport awards. The Cliff Railway connects the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth providing stunning coastal views that will be the highlight of any visit. This working heritage railway is grade II listed, the UK's only fully water powered railway and one of just three examples left in the World!
Always enjoyed using the cliff railway when holidaying in the area over the last 20 years. Spectacular views and amazing staff who are always great with visitors. Unfortunately since the pandemic they no longer have return fares and have shorter opening hours and no longer take cash ( including the cafe) which has lovely cream teas. Well worth a visit and we will be back every time we visit the area
Great place to visit. The railway was a hit! Well priced. Queue was pretty small when we arrived but much busier later. However moves quite fast. Definitely recommend a trip if visiting
We arrived 10.00am on a, bank holiday Sunday. Probably the best time on a bank holiday. Wonderful views and a lovely experience. Nice friendly helpful staff too
Really nice ride with views. Great bit of history. Staff were friendly. Very clean. Saves a lot of leg work going from Lynton to Lynmouth. Only complaint would be the tickets could be cheaper or have deals for families / return tickets.
Great piece of engineering. The driver was very knowledgeable of the local area and really friendly with our dog and baby. Great experience. PS3.50 per adult is a bargain seeing as you a riding on a historic cliff railway and the money goes back into maintaining it and keeping it running for years to come! At the top we went into the cafe and had cream teas, the best we've had. Freshly baked scones As others have mentioned, we parked at the valley of rocks and then took the coastal path.
Lovely historic cliff railway, we were lucky and came on a quiet day so managed to park right on the street in front. We got the train up, which for a family of 3 was around PS9 and then walked down the zigzag path through the trees, enjoying the views on the way down Little cafe at the top serves the biggest scones I've ever seen
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Always enjoyed using the cliff railway when holidaying in the area over the last 20 years. Spectacular views and amazing staff who are always great with visitors. Unfortunately since the pandemic they no longer have return fares and have shorter opening hours and no longer take cash ( including the cafe) which has lovely cream teas. Well worth a visit and we will be back every time we visit the area
Great place to visit. The railway was a hit! Well priced. Queue was pretty small when we arrived but much busier later. However moves quite fast. Definitely recommend a trip if visiting
We arrived 10.00am on a, bank holiday Sunday. Probably the best time on a bank holiday. Wonderful views and a lovely experience. Nice friendly helpful staff too
Really nice ride with views. Great bit of history. Staff were friendly. Very clean. Saves a lot of leg work going from Lynton to Lynmouth. Only complaint would be the tickets could be cheaper or have deals for families / return tickets.
Great piece of engineering. The driver was very knowledgeable of the local area and really friendly with our dog and baby. Great experience. PS3.50 per adult is a bargain seeing as you a riding on a historic cliff railway and the money goes back into maintaining it and keeping it running for years to come! At the top we went into the cafe and had cream teas, the best we've had. Freshly baked scones As others have mentioned, we parked at the valley of rocks and then took the coastal path.
Lovely historic cliff railway, we were lucky and came on a quiet day so managed to park right on the street in front. We got the train up, which for a family of 3 was around PS9 and then walked down the zigzag path through the trees, enjoying the views on the way down Little cafe at the top serves the biggest scones I've ever seen
