The charming English village with retro cobbled streets and the world’s highest water-powered railway [Video]

I HAVE read about charming places like Lynmouth in novels.

The quintessential Devonshire ­village, tucked into a plunging gorge at the edge of the ocean, is breathtakingly beautiful.

And I am lucky enough to have the best view of it.

From the porthole window of my living room, I can see pastel-toned buildings protruding from the cliffs, painted in a honey glow from the afternoon sun.

It’s everything you would imagine a southwest village bordering a ­national park to be.

We’d arrived early, so ahead of check in, we took a stroll on the pebble shore where families were perched on large rocks tucking into paper-wrapped fish and chips.

“What a brilliant spot that is,” my mum had said, pointing up to Tors Park, which juts out from a high hill in an enviable position.

We hadn’t realised …