Banks Howe

Banks Howe is a cape in . Banks Howe is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howstrake Camp halt and Little Isabella.

Railway stop
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is a stop on the Manx Electric Railway on the located at the line's first summit on the climb from the terminus, before descending into the nearby valley.

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The Groudle Glen Water Wheel unofficially known by the sobriquet of is a rustic water wheel, situated in on the , that was originally built in 1893 with the arrival of the Manx Electric Railway to the glen.

Railway stop
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
is a request stop on the Manx Electric Railway on the , located below the line's first summit on the descent into the nearby valley of the same name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Groudle Glen and Onchan.

Locality
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Groudle, or , a glen on the outskirts of on the , is formed in a valley leading to the sea at the small port of the same name.

Village
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is a large village in the parish of 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.

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 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.

Banks Howe

Latitude
54.17305° or 54° 10′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.42774° or 4° 25′ 40″ west
Open location code
9C6Q5HFC+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11205492772
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3042263
Wiki­data ID
Q26715123
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Satellite Map

Discover Banks Howe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Banks Howe” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Banks Howe”
  • Swedish: “Banks Howe”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brither Clip Gut and Ooigyn Dhoo.

Notable Places Nearby

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