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Point of Ayre

The Point of Ayre is the northernmost point of the . It lies at the northern end of 6 miles north of the town of . The point can be accessed by the A16 road from Bride.
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Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape at northernmost point of Isle of Man
  • Historically known as: “Ayre Point”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point of Ayre Low Light and Point of Ayre Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lighthouse.

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an active 19th century lighthouse, sited at the Point of Ayre at the north-eastern end of the . It was designed and built by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of prolific writer and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, under the Isle of Man and Calf of Man Lighthouses Act 1815 and was first lit in 1818, making it the oldest operational lighthouse on the island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andreas.

Village
Photo: Harvey Milligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Kirk is a village on the , lying in the north of the island, 5 km from the island's second town, . There is a large, and nowadays little used, airfield in the vicinity.

Point of Ayre

Latitude
54.41746° or 54° 25′ 3″ north
Longitude
-4.36655° or 4° 21′ 60″ west
Open location code
9C6QCJ8M+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 283502832
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3042270
Wiki­data ID
Q125363
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Point of Ayre” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Point of Ayre”
  • Chinese: “艾爾角”
  • Irish: “Kione ny h-Ayrey”
  • Lithuanian: “Ero kyšulys”
  • Manx: “Kione ny h-Ayrey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Point of Ayre”
  • Norwegian: “Point of Ayre”
  • Russian: “Айре”
  • Russian: “Эр”
  • Spanish: “Punta de Ayre”
  • Swedish: “Point of Ayre”
  • Welsh: “Pentir Ayre”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Point of Ayre Foghorn and Point of Ayre Winkie Lighthouse.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Point of Ayre”. Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.