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Laxey

Great Laxey Mine Railway

The Great Laxey Mine Railway was originally constructed to serve the 's Great Laxey Mine, a lead mine located in . 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 to coast road.
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Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Narrow gauge heritage railway in the Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “The Great Laxey Mine Railway”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laxey railway station and Laxey Wheel.

Railway station
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an interchange station in the village of on the east coast of the . It is the principal intermediate station on the Manx Electric Railway as well as being the lower terminus of the Snaefell Mountain Railway. is situated 200 metres south of Great Laxey Mine Railway.

Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is built into the hillside above the village of in the . It is the largest surviving original working waterwheel in the world. is situated 550 metres north of Great Laxey Mine Railway.

Church
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
is situated 250 metres south of Great Laxey Mine Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agneash and Ballabeg.

Hamlet
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the , 1.9 kilometres by road north of . Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in 1857.

Locality
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
There are about eight small places on the with the name . The name 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.

Locality
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hailwood's Height, preceded by Hailwood's Rise, is situated between the 31st and 32nd Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT Races on the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parishes of and Lonan in the . is situated 4 km west of Great Laxey Mine Railway.

Great Laxey Mine Railway

Latitude
54.23383° or 54° 14′ 2″ north
Longitude
-4.4052° or 4° 24′ 19″ west
Open location code
9C6Q6HMV+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3427837027
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2962387
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In Other Languages

From Cornish to Japanese—“Great Laxey Mine Railway” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Snaefell Mine Waterwheel and Tramway Close.

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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 “Great Laxey Mine Railway”. Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 4.0.