Laxey Car Sheds

Laxey Car Shed is a storage facility for the Manx Electric Railway in the village of on the . It also serves as an intermediate stopping place on the line, being the last before reaching the mid-way point of the village station.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laxey railway station and Christ Church Laxey.

Railway station
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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 210 metres northwest of Laxey Car Sheds.

Church
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is situated 160 metres northwest of Laxey Car Sheds.

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The 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. is situated 400 metres north of Laxey Car Sheds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agneash and Ballabeg.

Hamlet
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is a small village in the , 1.9 kilometres by road north of . Primitive Methodist Chapel opened in 1857.

Locality
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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
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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 4½ km west of Laxey Car Sheds.

Laxey Car Sheds

Latitude
54.23032° or 54° 13′ 49″ north
Longitude
-4.40382° or 4° 24′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C6Q6HJW+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4321950931
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­halt
Wiki­data ID
Q6505141
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