Real photo postcard of Woody Bay on the Exmoor coast — the secluded shingle cove framed by steep wooded cliffs, taken from high on the hillside with fields and fence lines sweeping into the foreground and a ship faint on the horizon. Woody Bay lies within Exmoor National Park, three miles west of Lynton, and was the site of a failed Edwardian resort scheme: a pier was built in 1895 to receive coastal steamers, the hillside dotted with villas sold off to wealthy buyers, but storms wrecked the pier and the developer went bankrupt and died in prison — leaving only the hotel and the unspoiled coast. The narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway served the area from 1898 until its closure in 1935, making this view likely from its final years of operation. Never mailed.

• Caption: Woody Bay, Near Lynton.
• Status: Unposted