Articles in Isle of Man ( 311 )

311 Articles of interest in Isle of Man

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  • Douglas Harbour

    Douglas Harbour (Manx: Purt Varrey Ghoolish) is located near Douglas Head on the southern end of Douglas, the capital town of the Isle of Man.

  • Breakwater Crane Railway

    The Douglas Breakwater Crane Railway was a massive self-propelled steam crane that ran the length of the original breakwater at Douglas, for the loading and unloading of vessels. It was built by Cowans, Sheldon of Carlisle (capacity 25 tons; carried…

  • Bray Hill

    Bray Hill (Lowland Scots: Brae a slope) was formerly a country lane known as the Great Hill during the time of the ownership of the Duke of Atholl. and previously known as Siberia, a former triangle-shaped parcel of land in the Murray Estate.

  • Braddan

    Braddan is an elongated parish in the sheading of Middle in the Isle of Man, stretching from the parishes of Michael and Lezayre in the north, bordering on the parishes of German, Marown and Onchan in the middle and bordering on Santon in the south.…

  • The Buchan School

    The Buchan School (Manx: Yn Scoill Buchan) is an independent primary school in the south of the Isle of Man, catering for children aged 3–11. It is the junior school of King William's College.

  • The Bowl (Douglas)

    The King George V Bowl (commonly known as The Bowl) is a multi-use stadium in Douglas, Isle of Man. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home of the Isle of Man official and Elan Vannin football teams.

  • Solway Harvester

    The Solway Harvester is a scallop dredger from Kirkcudbright, Scotland which sank off the coast of Ramsey, Isle of Man in heavy storms on 11 January 2000 with the loss of all seven crew members.

  • Rushen

    Rushen (Manx: Rosien), formerly Kirk Christ Rushen (Manx: Skyll Creest Rosien), is a parish in the sheading of the same name in the Isle of Man. The parish is a fishing and agricultural district at the south-westernmost point of the island. The pari…

  • Niarbyl, Isle of Man

    Niarbyl, which means "the tail" in Manx for the way it extends into the Irish Sea, is a settlement along the southwest coast of Isle of Man (an island between Ireland and Scotland) between Port Erin and Peel. It borders the Irish Sea and is best kno…

  • Michael, Isle of Man

    Michael Sheading (Manx: Sheadin Skylley Maayl) is a sheading (comprising the parishes of Jurby and Ballaugh, and Michael District) in the Isle of Man and has, according to the 2006 census, 1,640 residents (2001 census: 1,431). It is a mainly agricul…

  • Gooseneck, Isle of Man

    Gooseneck, Isle of Man (Manx: Roan – the reddish land) is situated between the 25th Milestone and 26th Milestone racing road-side markers used for the Snaefell Mountain Course on the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road with the road junction with the tertiar…

  • German (parish)

    German (Manx: Carmane) is a parish in the sheading of Glenfaba in the Isle of Man. It formerly included Peel, where St German's Cathedral is located. It includes most of the village of St John's (part of the village being in the parish of Patrick), …

  • Andreas (parish)

    Andreas is a parish in the Sheading of Ayre lying in the north of the Isle of Man. It is one of three parishes along with Bride and Lezayre in the sheading of Ayre. The small parish of Bride is located to the North-East at around 2.5 miles from the …

  • Ramsey Hairpin

    Ramsey Hairpin (Manx: Ballacowle – Cowle's farm) is situated between the 24th Milestone and 25th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT Races on the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parish of Lezayre…

  • Laxey station

    Laxey Station is a station in the village of Laxey on the Isle of Man serving as an intermediate station on the Manx Electric Railway as well as being the lower terminus of the Snaefell Mountain Railway.

  • Greeba Castle

    Greeba Castle (Scandinavian: Gnipa, a peak) is situated between the 5th Milestone and 6th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT Races on the junction of the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road in the par…

  • Dreswick Point

    Dreswick point lies at the southwestern tip of the Langness Peninsula in the south-east of the Isle of Man, some two kilometres from Castletown.

  • Castletown railway station

    Castletown Railway Station is an intermediate station on the Isle of Man Railway on the Isle of Man forming part of sole remaining section of the once extensive network that operated across the island. The station is the busiest of the railway's int…

  • Brandywell, Isle of Man

    Brandywell, Isle of Man (Manx: Chibbyr-y-Phunch or Chibbyr Slieau-ny-Maggle ), is situated between the 31st Milestone and 32nd Milestone racing road-side marker used for the Snaefell Mountain Course on the primary A18 Mountain Road with the road jun…

  • Braddan Bridge

    Braddan Bridge (Irish: Naomh Breandán Saint Brendan of Clonfert the Navigator or the Voyager) is a bridge over the river Dhoo on the Douglas-Peel road, from which a halt on the Isle of Man Railway's first line to Peel took its name.

  • Battle of Skyhill

    The Battle of Scacafell or Skyhill took place about one mile (1.5 km) west of Ramsey, Isle of Man in 1079. This was during the third and final time that the Norse-Gael warrior Godred Crovan had invaded the island, finally taking it from the ruling k…

  • Ballaugh Bridge

    Ballaugh Bridge (Manx: Balley-ny-Loghey or the homestead of the lake) is situated between the 17th Milestone and 18th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course in Ballaugh Village on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey and the road…

  • Alpine Cottage

    Alpine Cottage (Manx: Ballacurnkeil or the Narrow or small Ballacurn) including the adjacent Alpine House is situated between the 16th Milestone and 17th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course on the primary A3 Castletown to Ram…

  • Upper Douglas Cable Tramway

    The Upper Douglas Cable Tramway was a tram line serving all points between the southern end of the promenade and the upper part of the town of Douglas in the Isle of Man. It opened on 15 August 1896 and closed on 19 August 1929.