Ballakilpheric
Ballakilpheric is a small village in the parish of Rushen in the southwest of the Isle of Man, 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) northwest of the larger village of Colby, and 8 kilometres (5 mi) by road northeast of Port Erin.
Ballakilpheric is a small village in the parish of Rushen in the southwest of the Isle of Man, 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) northwest of the larger village of Colby, and 8 kilometres (5 mi) by road northeast of Port Erin. It is the main settlement on the B44 road. The small Colby River flows to the east of the village, and forms the boundary with Arbory parish. Ballakilpheric Methodist Chapel lies at the top of the hill.
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Worth seeing in and around Ballakilpheric
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bradda Hill
Bradda Hill is a headland some 2 kilometres north of the village of Port Erin on the Isle of Man. It is not to be confused with Bradda Head which is about 2 kilometres to the SW. The path to the summit from Bradda West is part of the Raad ny Foillan, the Isle of Man Coast long distance footpath.
3.2 km · 233m high hill on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 02Balladoole
Chapel Hill, Balladoole is a significant historical and archaeological site in Arbory on the Isle of Man. The site is a short distance from Castletown in the south of the Island.
3.7 km · historic monument site on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 03Cronk ny Arrey Laa
Cronk ny Arrey Laa is a hill in the south west of the Isle of Man. It may be confused with a hill of a similar name in the parish of Jurby, further north along the west coast of the island.
3.3 km · 439m high hill on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 04Port St Mary Town Hall
Port St Mary Town Hall is a municipal building on The Promenade, Port St Mary, Isle of Man. It accommodates the offices and meeting place of the Port St Mary Commissioners.
3.6 km · Municipal building · Wikipedia - 05Isle of Man Railway Museum
The Isle of Man Railway Museum in the village of Port Erin on the Isle of Man is a small museum of the history of the Isle of Man Railway from its founding in 1873 to the present, including the now-closed lines that served Peel, Ramsey and Foxdale, and the remaining open line between Douglas and Port Erin.
3.6 km · railway museum, history museum in Rushen, Isle of Man · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Ballakilpheric
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 7 km · Belfast (BFS), 115 km · Dublin (DUB), 127 km
- Stations
- Ballabeg (IoMR) railway station, 3.3 km · Colby railway station, 1.6 km · Level railway station, 1.8 km · Port Erin railway station, 3.6 km · Port St Mary railway station, 3.4 km
- Belfast → Ballakilpheric95 km · quickest by ferry, 6h 54m · £108–226
- Dublin → Ballakilpheric133 km · quickest by ferry, 5h 5m · €63–147
- Liverpool → Ballakilpheric138 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 55m · £63–146
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ballakilpheric. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPort Erin is 15 miles southwest of Douglas the capital and ferry port, and 6 miles west of Ronaldsway Airport ().
From Wikivoyage: Port Erin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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