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Port Erin

Port Erin is a village on the southwest coast of the . Most tourists just day-trip, and it's a very quiet place in the evening.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mull Hill and Bradda Hill.

Peak
Photo: kevin rothwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meayll Hill is a small hill in the exclave of parish at the southern end of the , just outside the village of . It is the site of a chambered cairn called Meayll Circle or Mull Circle.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a headland some 2 kilometres north of the village of Port Erin on the . It is not to be confused with which is about 2 kilometres to the SW.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
The in the village of Port Erin on the is a small museum of the history of the Isle of Man Railway from its founding in 1873 to the present, including the now-closed lines that served , and Foxdale, and the remaining open line between Douglas and Port Erin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port St Mary and Rushen.

Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near the southwest tip of the . It has a small harbour for leisure and fishing craft, but the main reason to visit is to explore the peninsula beyond, which has a scenic hamlet, gaping chasms, megaliths and clifftop views.

Hamlet
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formally Kirk Christ , is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the . It is located in the south of the island in the sheading of the same name.

Hamlet
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0.
or Cregneish is a small village and tourist destination in the extreme south-west of the , about 1 mi from Port Erin. Most of the village is now part of a living museum run by Manx National Heritage.

Port Erin

Latitude
54.086° or 54° 5′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.7568° or 4° 45′ 25″ west
Population
3,730
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
9C6Q36PV+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1287831029
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3042196
Wiki­data ID
Q520798
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Port Erin” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Port Erin”
  • Belarusian: “Порт Эрын”
  • Breton: “Purt Çhiarn”
  • Cebuano: “Port Erin”
  • Chinese: “愛琳港”
  • Chinese: “艾琳港”
  • Dutch: “Port Erin”
  • French: “Port Erin”
  • German: “Port Erin”
  • Hebrew: “פורט ארין”
  • Irish: “Purt Chiarn”
  • Irish: “Purt Çhiarn”
  • Irish: “Purt Earn”
  • Irish: “Purt Erin”
  • Irish: “Purt Yiarn”
  • Italian: “Port Erin”
  • Japanese: “ポート・エリン”
  • Japanese: “ポートエリン”
  • Lithuanian: “Port Irinas”
  • Manx: “Port Erin”
  • Manx: “Purt Chaserick”
  • Manx: “Purt Chiarn”
  • Manx: “Purt Çhiarn”
  • Manx: “Purt Erin”
  • Manx: “Purt Sheearane”
  • Manx: “Purt Yiarn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Port Erin (Eilun Man)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Port Erin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Erin”
  • Norwegian: “Port Erin”
  • Polish: “Port Erin”
  • Russian: “Порт Эрин”
  • Russian: “Порт-Ирин”
  • Russian: “Порт-Эрин”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Purt Çhiarn”
  • Slovak: “Port Erin”
  • Spanish: “Port Erin”
  • Swedish: “Port Erin”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт Ерін”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Ерін”

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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 “Port Erin”. Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.