Real photo postcard of a fully loaded horse-drawn touring coach navigating the narrow street at Lynmouth, Devon — passengers packed to the roof, the coachmen on foot beside the horses, the wooded gorge of the East Lyn valley rising steeply behind. The Granville Private Hotel sign is visible on the right; an Automobile Association (AA) plaque marks the building on the left. Lynmouth sits at the foot of Exmoor where the twin Lyn rivers reach the Bristol Channel, and its horse-drawn coaching runs — particularly the precipitous climb up Countisbury Hill to the clifftop town of Lynton — were one of the great tourist spectacles of Edwardian England, drawing visitors from across Britain and beyond who came specifically to ride the dramatic coastal carriage route.

• Caption: Coaching at Lynmouth.
• Card no.: 7950
• Status: Unposted