A slight down-gradient follows , about 2 mm long , towards Parracombe Bank , and the start of another climb , about 2 +1 \/ 2 m , to Woody Bay -- at 1000 f , the highest railway station in southern England . A shallower down-gradient follows , of about 2 m , towards Parracombe Bank , and the start of another climb , of about 2 +1 \/ 2 m , to Woody Bay -- at 1000 f , the highest railway station in southern England .