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    Getting there
    Walking  By foot
    South West Coast Path crosses Countisbury Hill, passing Foreland Point, 1¾ml from Watersmeet House.
     
    Bus  By bus
    From east, Barnstaple-Lynmouth service(passing close railway station Barnstaple), alight Lynmouth. From west, Minehead-Porlock-Ilfracombe service, alight Countisbury or Lynmouth.
     
    Train  By train
    railway station Barnstaple - 20ml
     
    Ferry  By boat
    The scale and beauty of the coastline can be well appreciated from the sea. Regular boat trips are available from Lynmouth and Ilfracombe.
     
    Road directions  By road
    A39 (Minehead to Barnstaple) is main access road to the area, running in a loop through Watersmeet and Countisbury, 1½ml east of Lynton and Lynmouth.
     
    Car parks  Car parks

    Countisbury
    OS: SS747497, free parking

    Lynmouth (not NT)
    OS: SS724494, pay & display, suitable for coaches

    Watersmeet (not NT)
    OS: SS747487, pay & display, suitable for coaches

    Hillsford Bridge - Gypsy Green
    OS: SS740478, free parking

    Brendon (not NT)
    OS: SS764481, free parking

    Combe Park
    OS: SS740478, free parking

    Barna Barrow - Countisbury
    OS: SS753496, free parking
     
    Ordnance Survey map  Ordnance Survey maps
    Explorer OL 9
    Landranger 180
     

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    © NTPL / David Noton
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