Lynton & Lynmouth and surrounding coast and countryside; Valley of Rocks, Watersmeet and Heddon Valley often being referred to as 'Little Switzerland' can be attributed to the Romantic poet, and later England's Poet Laureate, Robert Southey: "From the Summerhouse Hill between the two is a prospect most magnificent - on either hand, combes and river; before, the beautiful little village, which, I am assured by one who is familiar with Switzerland, resembles a Swiss village".