Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the north edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the assemblage of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) listed below Lynton, which was the only area to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. The towns are linked by the Lynton as well as Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which works two cable-connected cars by gravity, making use of water tanks. The two villages are a civil church governed by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council. The parish borders prolong southwards from the shore, as well as consist of communities such as Barbrook as well as little moorland negotiations such as East Ilkerton, West Ilkerton as well as Shallowford. The South West Shore Path and Tarka Trail pass through, as well as both Moors Way ranges from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth; the Samaritans Way South West ranges from Bristol to Lynton, as well as the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey to Lynmouth. Lynmouth was described by Thomas Gainsborough, that honeymooned there with his bride Margaret Burr, as "the most delightful place for a landscape painter this country can boast".