Lundy

Welcome to Lundy, a granite outcrop rising defiantly from the Atlantic waters of the Bristol Channel. Located roughly eighteen kilometers off the coast of North Devon, this island is a world unto itself—a place where the clocks…

Your journey to Lundy begins at the landing jetty, the only point on the island where boats can safely dock. The current modern jetty was constructed in nineteen ninety-eight, but it sits next to the 'Old Landing Place'…

Dominating the southern end of the island is Marisco Castle, a structure that embodies Lundy's 'turbulent' history. For centuries, the island was the 'fiefdom' of the Marisco family. …

At the highest point of the island stands the Old Light, a towering granite structure that served as Lundy’s primary lighthouse from eighteen nineteen until eighteen ninety-seven. It was built by Trinity House, the body…

When the Old Light failed to pierce the fog, Trinity House turned to a more auditory solution: the Fog Warning Battery. Built in eighteen sixty-three on the western cliffs, this complex was designed to warn ships using sound…

The social heart of Lundy is the Village, a small cluster of granite dwellings that house the island's twenty-eight permanent residents and many of the holiday lets. Life here is governed by the island's single diesel generator,…

As you leave the village and head north, the character of Lundy shifts dramatically. The farmland gives way to a wilder, more rugged landscape of gorse moorland and ancient granite quarries. …

Our journey through Lundy concludes where the wild moorland meets the Atlantic sky. We have traveled from the bustling landing jetty to the pirate castle of the Mariscos, explored the 'blind' Old Light and the booming fog…