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Historic lighthouse
Old Light
Lighthouse of 1819-20 designed by Daniel Alexander; so high that cloud often hid it, it was replaced by two new lights in 1897.
A mini guide to
Lundy island: things to do
Places worth your time in Lundy island
Top places
Things to do in Lundy island
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Castle
Marisco Castle
Castle above the Landing Bay, named after the island's 13th-century lords; Henry III ordered a stone tower here.
Parish church
St Helen's Church
Church completed in 1897 for the island's owner, the Rev. Hudson Grossett Heaven; open to visitors.
Lighthouse
North Light
Lighthouse at the northern tip, completed in 1897; the last keepers left in 1976 and it now runs on solar power.
Lighthouse
South Light
Working lighthouse of 1897 at the south-east tip, one of the two lights that replaced the Old Light.
Bay and jetty
Landing Bay
The only beach where boats can land, sheltered from westerly winds, with the jetty and a road built in 1838.
Geological feature
The Earthquake
Series of narrow fissures on the west side; tradition links them to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but geologists doubt it.
Fog signal station
The Battery
Fog signal station of 1863 low on the western cliffs, where two cannon fired a blank shot every 10 minutes.
Historic wall
Halfway Wall
One of the three walls that cross the island, completed in the early 19th century; Quarter Wall is older.
Pond
Pondsbury
Largest pond on the island, built to store water through the often dry summers.
Historic burial ground
Beacon Hill cemetery
Cemetery on the highest point of the island, used for at least 1,500 years, with early inscribed stones.
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Quarry and memorial
VC Quarry
One of the 1860s granite quarries, with a memorial to John Pennington Harman VC, who died at Kohima in 1944.
Former signal station
Tibbetts
Admiralty signal station of 1909 on a high point of the island, now a Landmark Trust holiday cottage.
Cliffs and cove
Jenny's Cove
Cove on the west coast below steep grassy slopes, with the rock known as the Pyramid at its north end.
Photo credits
- Lundy island (area photo): Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Old Light: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marisco Castle: Simon Willison, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Helen's Church: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- North Light: Steve Hodgson from Edinburgh, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- South Light: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Landing Bay: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Earthquake: Martin Richard Phelan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Battery: James Ayres, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Halfway Wall: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pondsbury: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beacon Hill cemetery: Miles Wolstenholme, CC BY 2.0, source
- VC Quarry: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tibbetts: Kognos, CC BY 4.0, source
- Jenny's Cove: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bideford, Appledore & Westward Ho!: Sannse at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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