| Lundy Island is an enjoyable place, a Devon venue | | | | hire and maintenance). Of course, donations to the |
| a million miles away from the "busyness" of | | | | Lundy Fund will always be very warmly |
| everyday life; a place to relax and sit back, | | | | welcomed! (As the island is privately owned.)! |
| although you can also enjoy walking, church-bell | | | | The diverse flora and fauna on Lundy is so rich |
| ringing, diving, birdwatching, canoeing, | | | | that the Island has been labelled as a Site of |
| climbing,fishing, snorkeling, photography, and | | | | Special Scientific Interest. Indeed Lundy is often |
| painting! | | | | referred to as one of Britain's greatest natural |
| Lundy Island is essentially a granite outcrop | | | | wonders, having gained this accolade in a BBC |
| approximately three and a half miles long by half | | | | Radio Times vote in 2005. The clear seas |
| a miles wide, rising some four hundred feet out of | | | | surrounding the island make up England's only |
| the sea, 12 miles off the coast of Devon where | | | | statutory Marine Nature Reserve. |
| the Bristol Channel meets the Atlantic. With its | | | | Whether you are bird spotting - puffins, without |
| West Side being hit by the prevailing | | | | doubt being the most popular species to see - or |
| south-westerly winds and the East Side being | | | | whether you wish to see basking sharks, seals, |
| much more sheltered, there is a profound | | | | the Lundy pony or even corals and seaweeds, |
| difference between the flora that grows on the | | | | then Lundy is where you're going to see them. |
| two opposite sides of Lundy. | | | | Lundy Island offers the visitor a variety of |
| But Lundy Island is a unique place for other | | | | accommodation in which to stay - 23 properties in |
| reasons, too. Visitors tend to come back for its | | | | total - including a 13th century castle, a late |
| clear seas, spectacular land and clarity of the night | | | | Georgian gentleman's villa, a fisherman's chalet and |
| sky, a vision which remains clear and unobscured | | | | even a lighthouse. There is also a campsite at the |
| to all, since there are no city and street lights. | | | | southern end of the island. |
| And visitors come to Lundy from all over the | | | | Most of the island's buildings have been built from |
| world: perhaps just to relax and enjoy the peace | | | | the local, lightly-coloured granite, and many have |
| and tranquility; maybe to watch the wildlife, or to | | | | been adapted from previous use, or made from |
| paint, or to take photographs, or even to ring the | | | | stone reclaimed from redundant buildings. All |
| Church Bells. Active types who come to Lundy to | | | | properties offer heating: some have open fires as |
| generate more energy by walking, canoeing or | | | | well. There are baths or showers with running hot |
| diving, climbing. | | | | and cold water, mains drainage, and gas and |
| To enhance your enjoyment of this beautiful | | | | electricity. So that you need bring the minimum of |
| place, there are various walks, talks and activities | | | | equipment, most Lundy properties include sheets, |
| organised by the Island's warden. There are | | | | pillowcases and towels in the rental price. And |
| "rocky shore rambles", "Lundy by land and sea" | | | | most unusually, each building comes with a library |
| lectures, wildlife and seabird walks and snorkeling | | | | of relevant reference books. |
| trips. | | | | You can get to Lundy Island either by timetabled |
| The great thing is that all these events are free | | | | steamer from April to October, or by helicopter |
| of charge and open to all (except snorkelling, | | | | from Hartland Point. |
| which has a nominal charge to cover equipment | | | | |