Escape to Lundy

SCOTLAND isn’t the only UK country with islands to lure holidaymakers. 

Lundy, off the coast of North Devon and where the Atlantic meets the Bristol Channel – is a three-mile by half-a-mile rock that offers unspoilt vistas and peace and quiet.

Day-trippers visit the island, but if you want a longer stay, the Landmark Trust has 23 restored properties for self-catering breaks - www.landmarktrust.org.uk/lundyisland. They include a 13th century castle, a Georgian villa, a lighthouse, a coastguard watchhouse, and a fisherman's chalet. 

There are no televisions, radios, or telephones and the electricity supply is usually turned off between midnight and 6am.

Archaeological digs have found traces of Bronze and Iron Age settlements, and Vikings around the 9th century AD contributed the name – Lund-ey, meaning Puffin Island.

Getting there ...

From November until the end of March, a helicopter service operates between Lundy and Hartland Point on Mondays and Fridays. 

During the summer season, the island’s own supply ship and ferry, the MS Oldenburg, departs several times a week from either Bideford or Ilfracombe.

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Picture Credit: "Lundy Landing bay" by Shaun Wallin from Luton, United Kingdom via Wikimedia Commons; "Helicopter landing site, Lundy - geograph.org.uk - 3014375" by Rob Noble via Wikimedia Commons