watersmeet house

coffeemike

A beautiful spot, which is as the name implies, the confluence of two rivers coming off the moors. The tea rooms, and gift shop offer a welcome rest after having walked from Lynmouth. They do a very good cheese scone in the tea room !

Ravenking

A truly paradisiacal location, but spoilt by the usual National Trust overpricing for simple refreshments and gift tat.

213bernards

A spectacular and mesmerising place to visit with water cascading everywhere you look.This little NT cafe was an oasis in the middle of a panoramic view of waterfalls.The homemade pastries were divine as were salads and taken with a lovely coffee latte.Bliss

cathyshep

beautiful views as you walk along the river, followed by a well earned cream tea, then a long walk back to lynmouth.

Km8s

A perfect way to rest after the walk from Lynmouth. We enjoyed a cream tea overlooking the scenery before walking back along the river. Some seemed to struggle with the walk but you must persevere as it's more than worth it :)

Lukey78

If you visit Devon, you HAVE to go to Lynton and Lynmouth, and if you go to L&L you HAVE to go to Watersmeet. It's as simple as that. It's the most beautiful hour's amble upstream along side the river. You could be on another planet, it's that good. Then you arrive at Watersmeet and it steps up a gear. The lovely waterfall, the confluence of the rivers and the fabulous National Trust house/shop/tea rooms. The food here is simple but great and it is wonderful to sit in the garden enjoying the sounds of the river, trees and birds. And if that's not enough, you then have the pleasure of walking back. Go back along the other side of the river, or take the higher route for stunning views down into the gorge. It has to be done.

973janw

Walk to the end of Tors Road and follow the East Lyn river to Watersmeet. We ambled along one morning and reached Watersmeet in just over an hour stopping here and there taking lots of photos and enjoying the scenery and wildlife.Here two rivers meet and a few years ago the National Trust converted an old fishing lodge into a shop and tea gardens. We enjoyed a spot of lunch and a coffee before returning; an excellent and very relaxing walk.

SophieT697

We spent a full day walking the designated walks here. Took some beautiful photos had a lovely afternoon cream tea when we made it the house. Would highly recommend.

berthablue

Watersmeet is in a beautiful valley and is our favourite place in the world. On a sunny day it is just gorgeous. Always have a lovely lunch at the tea shop, it sells the most amazing pasties.

BfpoTeacher

You are richly rewarded after your walk here, a favourite route for tourists from Lynmouth, by the wonderfully-situated tea room. The situation could not be better, right in the middle of fantastic woods and by the confluence of two streams. The building is a quaint thatched covered house with a veranda, and a lovely large garden to sit and ‘take tea’ in the good weather. Service was a bit slow but hey, you’re on holiday- relax! The cakes were fantastic. Afterwards you have a large choice of routes, up the steep climb to Countisbury Hill, along the river are just two of them. My husband came here many years ago as a child and said that it had not changed a bit.

gl8246

First it's a lovely setting, second it's two miles up and downhill from Lynmouth along the East Lyn Gorge and third, the cakes are to die for.Thank goodness there is plenty of exercise needed to get there - and to return.

jmg52

A pleasant and not difficult walk from Lynmouth . Lovely surroundings in the garden for a restorative T.

barbaraa371

This is a lovely little tea room that offers a welcome break on the walk to Watersmeet. Putting it into perspective, it looks better after a long walk when one needs a rest than it might if one drove to the place, that's why I rate it average. For us, we visited on a day of steady rain and sat outdoors eating a bowl of soup in the rain, already feeling miserable in our rain suits. It was good soup, though, tomato & red lentil. And we had a nice pot of tea. There is a nice little gift shop that would have looked a whole lot better if it wasn't pouring rain. Not the fault of the tea room or the gift shop, just the way it was when one can't buy something to carry back through the rain. The area around the tea room is lovely, with little waterfalls and beauty at every turn.

Salscof

We decided to stop at this National Trust spot on a whim as we were close to the area, so glad we did we paid to park at a small off road car park and began the trek down to the house, not so bad going down but the climb back was a bit of a workout. The day was warm and sunny so I guess the view was enhanced by this with the sun sparkling on the rivers, you are able to purchase cakes, tea, coffee etc at the house and because it was warm we sat by the river to eat our cream tea and shared some of the fresh scones with the locals, ie chaffinches, robins dunnocks and the like. A truly stunning picturesque spot.

PhilT999

We took the mile and a half riverside walk from Lynmouth to Watersmeet House on a warm and sunny late summer's morning. A gentle stroll took us about an hour each way, but enabled us to appreciate the scenery and wildlife. On arrival at our destination, we sat outside at one of the many tables and enjoyed a welcome drink and snack. A "must-do" activity if in Lynmouth. However, - a word of warning - the pathways are NOT always flat and we were surprised to see families struggling with children in pushchairs and those less able to walk also need to take this into account.