Laxey
Laxey is a small and very touristy village on the Isle of Man - its Great Wheel is an icon of the island. Laksaa in Manx means salmon, like the modern Scandinavian and German words, and the river descending steeply from Snaefell has a run of salmon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laxey Wheel and Laxey railway station.
Laxey Wheel
Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Laxey Wheel is built into the hillside above the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man. It is the largest surviving original working waterwheel in the world.
Laxey railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laxey Railway Station is an interchange station in the village of Laxey on the east coast of the Isle of Man. It is the principal intermediate station on the Manx Electric Railway as well as being the lower terminus of the Snaefell Mountain Railway.
Great Laxey Mine Railway
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Great Laxey Mine Railway was originally constructed to serve the Isle of Man's Great Laxey Mine, a lead mine located in Laxey. The 19 in gauge railway runs from the old mine entrance to the washing floors along a right of way that passes through the Isle of Man's only remaining railway tunnel under the 3 ft gauge Victorian Manx Electric Railway and the main A2 Douglas to Ramsey coast road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballabeg and Agneash.
Ballabeg
Locality
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
There are about eight small places on the Isle of Man with the name Ballabeg. The name Ballabeg derives from the Manx Balley Beg which means small homestead; although the spelling is different, it is pronounced approximately the same as the English name.
Agneash
Hamlet
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Agneash is a small village in the Isle of Man, 1.9 kilometres by road north of Laxey. Agneash Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in 1857.
Laxey
- Location: Isle of Man, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2312° or 54° 13′ 52″ northLongitude
-4.404° or 4° 24′ 15″ westPopulation
1,770Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
9C6Q6HJW+F9GeoNames ID
9782173
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In Other Languages
“Laxey” goes by many names.
- Manx: “Laksaa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Laxey Glen and Laxey Head.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Laxey”. Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.