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Ballasalla

Ballasalla is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man.

Ballasalla
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The place

Ballasalla is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man. The village is situated close to the Isle of Man Airport and 2 miles (3 km) north-east of the town of Castletown.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ballasalla

8 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.

  1. 01
    Castle Rushen

    Castle Rushen is a medieval castle located in the Isle of Man's historic capital, Castletown, in the south of the Island. It towers over the Market Square to the south-east and the harbour to the north-east.

    3 km · medieval castle in Castletown in the south of the Isle of Man · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Rushen Abbey

    Rushen Abbey is a former abbey on the Isle of Man, located in Ballasalla. Originally home for monks of the Savignac order, it soon came under Cistercian control and remained so until its dissolution.

    300 m · monastery on the Isle of Man, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hango Hill

    Hango Hill is an historic mound on the coast road between Castletown and Derbyhaven, Malew parish, Isle of Man.

    2.3 km · Bronze age burial site, place of execution 16/17c and location of 17c banquet hall · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cronk ny Merriu

    Cronk ny Merriu, located close to Port Grenaugh, is one of the remains of promontory forts in the Isle of Man. Cronk ny Merriu was previously considered by historians to be a prehistoric burial place due to its large grass-covered bank and name, literally translating to "Hill of the Dead".

    3.7 km · promontory fort in the Isle of Man · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Derby Fort

    Derby Fort is a former military fort situated on St Michael's Isle, Isle of Man. The fort was constructed by James Stanley, the 7th Earl of Derby and Lord of Mann in 1645, during the English Civil War, to protect the then busy port of Derbyhaven.

    3 km · fort from 1500s on St Michael's Isle, Isle of Man · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Manx Aviation and Military Museum

    The Manx Aviation and Military Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the military on the Isle of Man. Established in 2000, the museum is run by volunteers and features c. 9,000 exhibits.

    1.6 km · military museum in Castletown, Isle of Man · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Smelt Monument

    The Smelt Monument is a monument in Castletown, Isle of Man built to commemorate the life of Cornelius Smelt, the first royally appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, who died in 1832. Work on the monument began in 1836, and ceased the following year.

    3 km · monument · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Castletown Civic Centre

    Castletown Civic Centre is a municipal complex on Farrants Way, Castletown, Isle of Man. It accommodates a public library and a police station as well as the offices and meeting place of the Castletown Town Commissioners.

    3.1 km · town hall and public library on the 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.

Go there

Getting to Ballasalla

Airports
Isle of Man (IOM), 2 km · Belfast (BFS), 120 km · Dublin (DUB), 130 km
Stations
Isle of Man Airport, 1.6 km · Ballabeg (IoMR) railway station, 2.9 km · Ballasalla railway station, 100 m · Castletown railway station, 2.3 km · Ronaldsway railway station, 1.2 km
  • Belfast → Ballasalla
    101 km · quickest by ferry, 6h 40m · £99–213
  • Dublin → Ballasalla
    136 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 50m · €56–136
  • Liverpool → Ballasalla
    133 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 40m · £54–134
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ballasalla

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 Ballasalla. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inPort St Mary is 13 miles southwest of Douglas the capital and ferry port, and 4 miles west of Ronaldsway Airport ().

From Wikivoyage: Port St Mary, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    168 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    203 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    222 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    306 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    325 km

If you know how people move in Ballasalla – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ballasalla

  • Castletowntown on the Isle of Man2.9 km
  • Malewparish of the Isle of Man600 m
  • Derbyhavenhamlet near Castletown in the southern parish of Malew, Isle of Man2.1 km
  • Ballabegvillage in Arbory, Isle of Man3.1 km