Restricted Access
Accommodation details can be obtained from the Landmark Trust (Tel: 01628 825925). Please check in as a climber with the Lundy Warden on arrival for up to date access information on extended or lifted climbing restrictions, recent rockfall etc. Letting the Landmark Trust know you are a climber when you book your ferry and accommodation doesn't get this information through to the warden so drop in and say hello when you arrive.
A number of rockfalls have affected several crags along the west coast in recent years – please see the CC guidebook supplement for details on what has been affected.
Please do not place any additional abseil/belay stakes or abseil slings without first gaining permission from the Lundy Warden. The approaches to all the cliffs on the island can be safeguarded with enough rope and common sense. This is essential to maintaining a continued good relationship with the Warden and the Landmark Trust.
Seasonal Restrictions
Dates: 31 March to 15 September
Reason: Nesting Birds
Restrictions on Lundy fall into three categories:
- Unrestricted (year round access)
- Restricted from 31 March - 14 August
- Restricted from 31 March - 15 September
Page numbers refer to the first page of each crag from the CC Lundy (2008) guidebook.
Restrictions are continually monitored by the Lundy Warden and team, but if you see any nesting birds within unrestricted areas, please report to the Warden. If birds fledge early or sites fail, the affected restrictions will be lifted once the warden has confirmed that the site(s) are vacant. Likewise, occasionally nesting may start later in the season requiring extension to the restricted period - always check RAD and with the Warden on arrival for any updates to the restrictions.
Unrestricted
- Damocles Buttress (pg 29)
- Sunset Wall (pg 81)
- Landing Craft Bay: First Buttress South (pg 102), First Buttress North (pg 105) & Second Buttress North (pg 111)
- Flying Buttress Main Cliff: from The Exorcist (pg 128) to Flying Dutchman (pg 136) inclusive. Access to this area must be via the steps down to the Battery. Do not walk direct across the slope above Battery Cliff/St Patrick’s Buttress. Please also take care to stay close to the edge on the easy way down to ensure nesting sea birds are not disturbed. Lundy is one of only two locations in England where Storm Petrels nest, hiding in walls when they come to land at night. This site is new and any disturbance in 2022 will lead to closure in 2023.
- The Earthquake (pg 153)
- Picnic Bay Cliff (pg 195)
- The Devil’s Slide Area: Narrow Zawn (pg 243) to The Fortress (pg 278)
- Torrey Canyon Cliff: Penitence (pg 289) to Blow Out (pg 290) inclusive. During nesting season, access only directly down the rocky ridge and abseil directly into the routes, to avoid disturbing nesting birds on the guidebook approach.
- Headline Promontory: The Column (pg 316) Margin (pg 321) inclusive. During nesting season, access only directly down the rocky ridge and abseil directly into the routes, to avoid disturbing nesting birds on the guidebook approach.
- The East Coast Quarries (pg 354-359)
Restricted 31 March - 14 August
- Kistvaen Buttress (pg 29) to Sunset Promontory (pg 97) inclusive
- St Patrick’s Buttress (pg 112) to Battery Cliff (pg 124) inclusive
- Flying Buttress from Prenumbra (pg 136) to St James’s Stone (pg 241) inclusive
- Dihedral Zawn (pg 197) to St James’s Stone (pg 241) inclusive
- St John’s Stone (pg 282) to Gannet’s Buttress (pg 360) and Gannet’s Rock (pg 362) inclusive
Restricted 31 March - 15 September
- Black Jack Zawn, Lifeboat Buttress & Jemima Buttress (pg 125)
- Flying Buttress: Prenumbra to The Black Pig inclusive (pg 136 – 138)
- Devil’s Tower area (pg 162) & Big Zawn (pg 208)
- Cormorant Zawn (pg 335)
- Storm Zawn (pg 336) & North Light Channel (pg 327)
- Gannets’ Rock & Gannets’ Buttress (pg 354)
These restrictions are subject to constant review and it is important that climbers contact the Warden for updates before your visit or on arrival to the Island.
.....[climbs up the slab to follow the groove in the upper part of its RHS, and then takes the obvious traverse left under the headwall - AJM]
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| gaddesm | 10 Oct, 2021 |
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βeta: From the second's point of view, probably better to run the final two pitches together (particularly if you keep all the gear for the last steep bit on one rope only), you will then be in a better position to safeguard your second on the crux traverse. Beware of rogue waves on the starting ledges! We abseiled in on a falling tide, with a heavy swell, to find them dry and seemingly benign, but were caught out by two unusually large waves. | ||
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βeta: From the second's point of view, probably better to run the final two pitches together (particularly if you keep all the gear for the last steep bit on one rope only), you will then be in a better position to safeguard your second on the crux traverse. Beware of rogue waves on the starting ledges! We abseiled in on a falling tide, with a heavy swell, to find them dry and seemingly benign, but were caught out by two unusually large waves. |
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| Martin Southville | 13 Sep, 2021 |
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βeta: Other groups seemed to be on the wrong line, walking the much easier right-hand edge where it's steppy. One leader even blocked others from ab'ing down by anchoring to the lowering block instead of building a belay on the route. We stayed well-in from the edge, followed the crack in the black streak and stayed inside the gently meandering white scoop as described and I think we had a better climb for it. | ||
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βeta: Other groups seemed to be on the wrong line, walking the much easier right-hand edge where it's steppy. One leader even blocked others from ab'ing down by anchoring to the lowering block instead of building a belay on the route. We stayed well-in from the edge, followed the crack in the black streak and stayed inside the gently meandering white scoop as described and I think we had a better climb for it. |
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| AliClimber | 7 Sep, 2021 |
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βeta: Awesome route deserves all its stars | βeta? | |
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βeta: Awesome route deserves all its stars |
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| csd23 | 18 Aug, 2019 |
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βeta: Obligatory ascent for every Lundy trip - fantastic | ||
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βeta: Obligatory ascent for every Lundy trip - fantastic |
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Central Groove
Grade: HS 4b ***
(The Dewerstone)