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Onchan

Onchan

Onchan is a large village in the parish of Onchan on the . It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after , with which it forms a conurbation.
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  • Type: Village with 9,170 residents
  • Description: village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “Conchan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Onchan Public Library and Saint Peter’s Church, Kirk Onchan.

Library
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Gordonastill, GFDL.
is the southern terminus of the Manx Electric Railway. It is located on the north side of ; on the Isle of Man Railway is located on the south side of town, with the MER station being termed "Derby Castle" to differentiate between the two.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Governor’s Bridge and Groudle Glen.

Locality
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Governor's Bridge is a hairpin bend adjacent to a road junction on the primary A18 Mountain Road in the parish of Onchan in the , with a sudden drop in elevation leading to Governor's Dip, followed by a left-hand bend and finally a right exiting on to the main Glencrutchery Road.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Groudle, or , a glen on the outskirts of Onchan on the , is formed in a valley leading to the sea at the small port of the same name.

Village
is a village in parish, . It is on the boundary with and partly within the borough of Douglas, and is within the Douglas conurbation. is situated 2½ km west of Onchan.

Onchan

Latitude
54.17493° or 54° 10′ 30″ north
Longitude
-4.45545° or 4° 27′ 20″ west
Population
9,170
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IM OHN
Open location code
9C6Q5GFV+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4013424280
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3042201
Wiki­data ID
Q18562
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Onchan” goes by many names.
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  • Bavarian: “Onchan”
  • Belarusian: “Онкан”
  • Bislama: “Onchan”
  • Breton: “Kione Droghad”
  • Bulgarian: “Онкън”
  • Cajun French: “Onchan”
  • Catalan: “Onchan”
  • Cebuano: “Onchan (lungsod)”
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  • Chinese: “昂肯”
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  • Hebrew: “אונכאן”
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  • Irish: “Kione Droghad”
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  • Japanese: “オンカン”
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  • Lithuanian: “Onkanas”
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  • Manx: “Kione Droghad”
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  • Persian: “آنکن”
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  • Swedish: “Onchan (ort)”
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  • Urdu: “اونکان”
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Onchan Memorial Garden and Onchan Parish War Memorial.

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