The launch of the crime thriller Winter Ridge, filmed on location in Lynton & Lynmouth, has certainly raised awareness of the area’s beauty and viability of filming locations. The film has recently won the award of ‘Best Feature Film’ at the London Independent Film Festival 2018. The Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway was glad to be featured and we look forward to the official launch in the UK later this year. The Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway has also recently featured in BBC’s Countryfile, BBC’s Escape to the Country, ITV’s Britain’s Best Walks with Julia Bradbury and a further 2018 […]
The Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway Day celebrations this Saturday (12th May 2018) has now spread to other UK Cliff Railways! That damp dark November morning when the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway team dreamed up a national day to celebrate the engineering of our nations famous Cliff Railways has now erupted into multiple family fun day celebrations up and down the UK encouraging people to support and discover the wonders of our nations Cliff Railway heritage. Alongside the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway, South Devon’s Babbacombe Cliff Railway and Scarborough’s Central Tramway we’re on board early and recent promises […]
The Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway provided a recent filming location for BBC’s Antiques Road Trip, with the railway forming a feature part of the programme which was aired in September. The Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway has also recently featured in the recent crime thriller Winter Ridge, BBC’s Countryfile with John Craven, BBC’s Escape to the Country, ITV’s Britain’s Best Walks with Julia Bradbury and a further 2018 feature film ‘Louisa: An Amazing Adventure’ about the 1899 overland Lynmouth to Porlock Lifeboat Launch. We are also currently filming with Channel 4, Four in a Bed and ‘Impossible Engineering’. The […]
The Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a finalist for the Large Visitor Attraction of the year 2018 with the Devon Tourism Awards. The annual competition, now in its 9th year, saw over 164 entries across Devon tourism business with just 78 selected as finalists. Of the finalists, a Gold Silver or Bronze award will be announced at an Awards Ceremony to be held at Highbullen Hotel, Golf & Country Club on 22nd November 2018 and success in the Devon Awards results in entry to the South West Tourism Excellence Awards in February 2019 and possibly invited to represent Devon in the […]