Braddan
Braddan is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located on the east of the island in the sheading of Middle. Administratively, a small part of the historic parish of Braddan is now covered by part of the borough of Douglas, the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Manx Museum and Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man.
Manx Museum
Museum
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The Manx Museum in Douglas, Isle of Man is the national museum of the Isle of Man. It is run by Manx National Heritage. The museum covers 10,000 years the history of the Isle of Man from the Stone Age to the modern era.
Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man
Theater building
The Gaiety Theatre and Opera House is a theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man which together with the Villa Marina forms the VillaGaiety complex. The Gaiety is situated on Harris Promenade, overlooking the sea and adjacent to the Villa Gardens, Arcade and Butts.
Villa Marina
Theater building
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The Villa Marina is an entertainment venue in Douglas, Isle of Man, which forms part of the wider Villa-Gaiety complex. It is located on Harris Promenade, looking out onto Douglas Bay, and comprises the Royal Hall, Broadway Cinema, Promenade Suite, Colonnade Suite, Dragon's Castle and the Villa Marina Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douglas and Onchan.
Douglas
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Douglas is the capital city of the Isle of Man. It has the island's greatest concentration of visitor facilities along its promenade, so it's the main base for tourism. In 2021 Douglas had a population of almost 27,000.
Onchan
Village
Onchan is a large village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation. Onchan is situated 3½ km east of Braddan.
Union Mills
Village
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Union Mills is a village in the parish of Braddan on the A1, the primary road which connects Douglas and Peel in the Isle of Man, close to the River Dhoo.
Braddan
- Type: parish of the Isle of Man with 3,590 residents
- Description: parish of the Isle of Man
- Category: district of the Isle of Man
- Location: Isle of Man, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Braddan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Braddan”
- Bulgarian: “Брадан”
- Cebuano: “Braddan”
- Dutch: “Braddan”
- French: “Braddan”
- Irish: “Skeerey Braddan”
- Italian: “Braddan”
- Manx: “Skeerey Braddan”
- Manx: “Skeerey Vraddan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braddan”
- Norwegian: “Braddan”
- Russian: “Брэддэн”
- Swedish: “Braddan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Priory of Douglas and Douglas railway station.
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