Sea Lion Rocks railway station

Sea Lion Rocks is a railway station and outer terminus of the Groudle Glen Railway in the . It served as the outer terminus from 1896 until 1939 and again from 1992 to date.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lime Kiln Halt railway station and Little Isabella.

Railway stop
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Lime Kiln Halt is the only intermediate station on the narrow gauge Groudle Glen Railway in the ; it also serves as the line's temporary terminus on certain occasions. is situated 270 metres west of Sea Lion Rocks railway station.

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The Groudle Glen Water Wheel unofficially known by the sobriquet of is a rustic water wheel, situated in on the , that was originally built in 1893 with the arrival of the Manx Electric Railway to the glen. is situated 1 km west of Sea Lion Rocks railway station.

Railway stop
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is a request stop on the Manx Electric Railway on the , located below the line's first summit on the descent into the nearby valley of the same name. is situated 580 metres west of Sea Lion Rocks railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Groudle Glen and Onchan.

Locality
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Groudle, or , a glen on the outskirts of on the , is formed in a valley leading to the sea at the small port of the same name.

Town
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is a large village in the parish of on the . It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after , with which it forms a conurbation. is situated 2½ km west of Sea Lion Rocks railway station.

Locality
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Governor's Bridge is a hairpin bend adjacent to a road junction on the primary A18 Mountain Road in the parish of in the , with a sudden drop in elevation leading to Governor's Dip, followed by a left-hand bend and finally a right exiting on to the main Glencrutchery Road. is situated 3½ km west of Sea Lion Rocks railway station.

Sea Lion Rocks railway station

Latitude
54.17726° or 54° 10′ 38″ north
Longitude
-4.41759° or 4° 25′ 3″ west
Open location code
9C6Q5HGJ+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6739810060
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­halt
Wiki­data ID
Q7439945
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Highlights include Sea Lion Pool and Lhen Coan railway station.

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