Lundy Island

The civil parish of Lundy Island sits in the middle of the Bristol Channel and is part of the district of Torridge in Devon, England. Its granite cliffs, rocky shores and a small central plateau give it a windswept, remote character, home to a tiny permanent community and a much larger seasonal influx of visitors.

Lundy Island is celebrated for wildlife - huge seabird colonies, puffins, grey seals and a long-running bird observatory - and for a layered history from Bronze Age sites to the ruins of Marisco Castle and tales of privateers and smuggling. The island’s economy revolves around conservation-minded tourism and visitor services, and it retains a distinctive local culture highlighted by its own stamps and the quirky tradition of the Lundy pound.