Groudle Glen
Groudle, or Groudle Glen, a glen on the outskirts of Onchan on the Isle of Man, is formed in a valley leading to the sea at the small port of the same name.
Groudle, or Groudle Glen, a glen on the outskirts of Onchan on the Isle of Man, is formed in a valley leading to the sea at the small port of the same name. It is one of the officially-listed Manx National Glens.
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Worth seeing in and around Groudle Glen
7 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.
- 01St. Adamnan's Church, Lonan
St Adamnan's Church is the former parish church of Lonan in the Isle of Man. The church is situated in an isolated position, surrounded by open farmland on the eastern coast of the island, between Groudle Glen and Baldrine.
1.5 km · church in Lonan, Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 02Douglas War Memorial
The war memorial in Douglas, Isle of Man is dedicated to those who died during World War I and World War II. The rolls of names are segregated by service and year of death.
4 km · war memorial in Douglas, Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 03Cronk-ny-Mona
Cronk-ny-Mona is situated between the 36 and 37 mile markers used for the Snaefell Mountain Course, being on the primary A18 Mountain Road at the road junction with the A21 Johnny Watterson Lane and the tertiary C10 Scholag Road in the Isle of Man parish of Onchan. Cronk-ny-Mona, a steep hill topping-out to a sweeping left hand bend located after Hillberry corner on the TT course, leads from agricultural farmland and passes through sympathetically-landscaped modern residential developments on either side, continuing the traditional rural theme and demarking the outer-margins of Douglas town.
3 km · situated between the 36 and 37 mile markers used for the Snaefell Mountain Course · Wikipedia - 04St. Ninian's Church, Douglas, Isle of Man
St Ninian's Church is an Anglican church in the Parkfield area of Douglas, Isle of Man, and falls within the Diocese of Sodor and Man.
3.8 km · church in Douglas, Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 05Hillberry Corner
Hillberry Corner is situated at the 36th Milestone road-side marker on the Snaefell Mountain Course, being on the primary A18 Mountain Road with the side-road junction of the C22 Little Mill Road, in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man. Hillberry Corner was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races between 1904 and 1922.
3.1 km · landmark · Wikipedia - 06Castle Mona
Castle Mona is a former private residence later used as a hotel in Douglas, Isle of Man. The house was built between 1803 and 1804 for the 4th Duke of Atholl during his term as Governor of the Isle of Man.
3.4 km · building in Douglas, Isle of Man · Wikipedia - 07Signpost Corner
Signpost Corner, Isle of Man is a former temporary motor-cycle race signal station, located on the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road at the road junction with the A39 Hillberry Road / B11 Avondale Road in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man.
2.6 km · corner on Snaefell Mountain Course on the Isle of Man · Wikipedia
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Getting to Groudle Glen
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 16 km · Belfast (BFS), 127 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 140 km
- Stations
- Baldrine railway station, 2.8 km · Derby Castle terminus, 2.4 km · Groudle Glen railway station, 100 m · Howstrake Camp Halt, 800 m · Lhen Coan railway station, 200 m
- Belfast → Groudle Glen108 km · quickest by ferry, 6h 19m · £86–195
- Liverpool → Groudle Glen128 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 19m · £41–115
- Dublin → Groudle Glen152 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 29m · €45–120
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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 Groudle Glen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inat the south end of town is the landing point for ferries from Britain and Ireland.
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