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Lundy is just 3/4 mile long by 1/4 mile wide and situated, sometimes out of sight of land, in the middle of the Bristol Channel. Lundy is derived from the Norse 'Lund-ey' which means 'puffin isle', and it is the puffin that appears on the famous Lundy stamps.
The MS Oldenburg sails from Bideford to the island all year round, and from Ilfracombe in the summer.
Despite its size Lundy has a healthy variety of landscapes and plantlife, with rugged cliffs to the west, open moorland to the north where the lighthouse is situated, woods, bracken covered areas, coombes with rhododendrons and hydrangeas.
The small village on Lundy has an inn, cottages, Victorian church and nearby are the ruins of the Castle, dating from the 13th century. |
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