Lonan
Lonan is one of the 17 parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located on the east of the island in the sheading of Garff. Other settlements in the parish include Baldrine and Ballabeg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Laxey Wheel and Cloven Stones.
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.
Cloven Stones
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cloven Stones is an archaeological site.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laxey and Onchan.
Laxey
Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 4½ km south of Lonan.
Keppel Gate
Locality
Keppel Gate, Isle of Man is part of a former UK HM Commissioners of Woods and Forest estate, including a series of former highway mountain gates. It is now Common land in public ownership and is one of three purpose built former Crown Road sections of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road used for the Isle of Man TT races.
Lonan
- Type: parish of the Isle of Man with 1,580 residents
- Description: Parish on the Isle of Man
- Categories: human settlement and 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—“Lonan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lonan (parrokia)”
- Basque: “Lonan”
- Cebuano: “Lonan”
- Dutch: “Lonan”
- French: “Lonan”
- Irish: “Skeerey Lonan”
- Italian: “Lonan”
- Manx: “Skeerey Lonan”
- Manx: “Skyll Lonan”
- Swedish: “Lonan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Laxey Glen and Carn Gerjoil.
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