Ballacosney

Ballacosney is a locality in . Ballacosney is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Laxey Wheel and Laxey railway station.

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The is built into the hillside above the village of in the . It is the largest surviving original working waterwheel in the world.

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.

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laxey and Agneash.

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is a small and very touristy village on the - 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.

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
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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.

Ballacosney

Latitude
54.23219° or 54° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
-4.42294° or 4° 25′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C6Q6HJG+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 475394740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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