Killington Lane to Cricket Field Lane Parracombe

We do not yet have planning consent to extend the railway, and the cost of creating the existing operational railway - Woody Bay to Killington Lane - has been high; estimates put the figure at well over £1m.  But we do now have a successful operating railway which we can use to demonstrate that rebuilding the L&B is not only feasible and possible, but also of great benefit to the people of Exmoor. Also, The Trust already owns the land from Parracombe Lane Head Bridge to Cricket Field Lane.

Woody Bay to Lynton and Wistlandpound - a nine mile railway

To see maps and photos of this proposed section click on the links below

• Killington Lane - Blackmoor- Wistlandpound
• Woody Bay - Lynton

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The future -  Wistlandpound to Barnstaple

This is destined to be the third phase of reconstruction and although it will be some time before it is undertaken, already plans are being drawn up for its accomplishment when the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway will once more link the two towns in its name

To see maps and photos of this proposed section click on the links below

• Blackmoor - Wistlandpound - Barnstaple

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Exmoor Associates

The Lynton & Barnstaple Trust is assisted in its aim of rebuilding the railway by an associated but independent company Exmoor Associates who have purchased the section of trackbed at Higher Bodley for eventual reinstatement of the railway over this section.

The trackbed at Higher Bodley

Historically no heritage railway has ever been able to fund it's extension from current revenue - it is extremely unlikely that the L&B will be an exception. 

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The Last Railway Adventure

In 1951 the Tallylyn, a narrow-gauge steam railway in rural mid-Wales became the world's first preserved railway.  Tom Rolt, the General Manager, wrote a book entitled "Railway Adventure" about those early days of railway preservation.  The closure and subsequent loss of the L&B has often been cited as the inspiration for today’s heritage railway movement.  After "sleeping" for more than 70 years the revival of the Lynton & Barnstaple - which was once considered impossible - is happening and with it the heritage railway movement has almost come full circle - hence the "Last Railway Adventure".