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Peel

Peel is a small fishing port and beach resort on the west coast of the . Its main attraction is the castle, occupying an islet linked by road. In 2021 Peel had a population of about 5700.
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  • Type: Town with 5,370 residents
  • Description: town on the Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “Peel, Isle of Man”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peel Castle and Saint Patrick’s Isle.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a castle in Peel in the , originally constructed by Norwegians. The castle stands on , which is connected to the town by a causeway.

Island
Photo: Richard Rimmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Patrick's Isle is a small tidal island on the west coast of the in the , largely occupied by the ruins of and of the Pre-Reformation Cathedral of the Diocese of the Isles.

Church
Photo: Petepetepete, Public domain.
The Cathedral Church of Saint German or Peel Cathedral, renamed Cathedral Isle of Man, is located in Peel, . The cathedral is also one of the parish churches in the parish of the West Coast, which includes the town of Peel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Patrick and St John’s.

Village
Photo: Manx James, CC0.
is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the . It is located on the west of the island in the sheading of Glenfaba. Administratively, a small part of the area of the historic parish of is now covered by part of the town of Peel.

Village
Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0.
St John's is a small village in the sheading of Glenfaba in the , in the Island's central valley. It is in the House of Keys constituency of Glenfaba & Peel, which elects two MHKs. is situated 4 km southeast of Peel.

Village
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a glen and a small village on the west coast of the , 2+1⁄2 miles south of Peel. The village is connected to Peel by a bus service. is situated 4½ km south of Peel.

Peel

Latitude
54.2229° or 54° 13′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.6957° or 4° 41′ 45″ west
Population
5,370
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IM PEL
Open location code
9C6Q68F3+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4013424282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3042198
Wiki­data ID
Q147524
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Peel” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Peel”
  • Basque: “Peel”
  • Basque: “Purt ny hInshey”
  • Belarusian: “Піл (Востраў Мэн)”
  • Belarusian: “Піл”
  • Breton: “Purt ny h-Inshey”
  • Bulgarian: “Пийл”
  • Cebuano: “Peel”
  • Chinese: “皮尔 (曼岛)”
  • Chinese: “皮爾 (曼島)”
  • Chinese: “皮爾”
  • Czech: “Peel”
  • Dutch: “Peel”
  • French: “Peel”
  • German: “Peel”
  • Irish: “Port na hInse”
  • Irish: “Purt na hInse”
  • Irish: “Purt ny h-Inshey”
  • Irish: “Purt ny Hinshey”
  • Irish: “Purt ny Manninee”
  • Italian: “Peel”
  • Japanese: “ピール”
  • Lithuanian: “Pylas”
  • Manx: “Peel”
  • Manx: “Purt ny h-Inshey”
  • Manx: “Purt ny Hinshey”
  • Manx: “Purt ny Manninee”
  • Northern Frisian: “Peel (Eilun Man)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Peel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peel”
  • Norwegian: “Peel”
  • Persian: “پیل، جزیره من”
  • Polish: “Peel”
  • Russian: “Пил”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Port na h-Innse”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Purt na hInshey”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Purt ny hInshey”
  • Slovak: “Peel”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پیل، جزیره من”
  • Spanish: “Peel”
  • Swedish: “Peel, Isle of Man”
  • Swedish: “Peel”
  • Ukrainian: “Піл”
  • Welsh: “Peel, Ynys Manaw”
  • Welsh: “Peel”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Peel”. Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.