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Ramsey

Ramsey is a port and beach resort on the northeast coast of the . It's about the island's closest point to England - Whitehaven is 36 miles northeast, so the port was historically important until Douglas developed.
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  • Type: Town with 7,850 residents
  • Description: town on the Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “Ramsey, Isle of Man”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parliament Square and The Grove Museum of Victorian Life.

Photo: jackiom, CC BY 2.0.
, Ramsey is situated between the 23rd and 24th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT Races on the junction of the primary A3 to Ramsey road, the A9 Ramsey to Andreas road and A2 Douglas to Ramsey road situated in the town of Ramsey in the parish of Lezayre in the .

Museum
Photo: Northerner, CC BY-SA 4.0.

, Isle of Man is situated on the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parish of in the . At the racing marker used for the Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix, the bend was named in honour of 26-times TT winner Joey Dunlop who died after a racing motorcycle crash in in July 2000.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maughold and Ramsey Hairpin.

Village
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of the seventeen parishes of the . It is named for St , the island's patron saint. It is located on the east of the island in the sheading of Garff. is situated 5 km southeast of Ramsey.

Locality
is a point on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the Snaefell Mountain Road, designated as A18, in the parish of in the .

Locality
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet about 0.75 mile southeast of Ramsey on the . A stop on the Manx Electric Railway which runs through it is the station.

Ramsey

Latitude
54.3217° or 54° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
-4.3825° or 4° 22′ 57″ west
Population
7,850
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IM RAM
Open location code
9C6Q8JC8+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2199688012
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3042192
Wiki­data ID
Q150106
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Ramsey” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ramsey”
  • Basque: “Ramsey”
  • Basque: “Rhumsaa”
  • Belarusian: “Рамсі (Востраў Мэн)”
  • Belarusian: “Рамсі”
  • Belarusian: “Рэмзі”
  • Breton: “Rhumsaa”
  • Cebuano: “Ramsey”
  • Chinese: “拉姆齊”
  • Dutch: “Ramsey”
  • Finnish: “Ramsey”
  • French: “Ramsey”
  • German: “Ramsey”
  • Hebrew: “רמזי”
  • Irish: “Rhumsaa”
  • Italian: “Ramsey”
  • Japanese: “ラムジー (マン島)”
  • Japanese: “ラムゼイ”
  • Lithuanian: “Ramsis”
  • Manx: “Rhumsaa”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ramsey (Eilun Man)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ramsey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ramsey”
  • Norwegian: “Ramsey”
  • Persian: “رمزی، جزیره من”
  • Polish: “Ramsey”
  • Russian: “Рамси”
  • Russian: “Рэмси”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rhumsaa”
  • Slovak: “Ramsey”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رمزی، جزیره من”
  • Spanish: “Ramsey”
  • Swedish: “Ramsey, Isle of Man”
  • Swedish: “Rhumsaa”
  • Ukrainian: “Рамзі”
  • Ukrainian: “Рамсі, острів Мен”
  • Ukrainian: “Рамсі”
  • Urdu: “رمسی، اسلے آف مین”
  • Welsh: “Ramsey Ynys Manaw”
  • Welsh: “Ramsey, Ynys Manaw”
  • Welsh: “Rhumsaa”

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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 “Ramsey”. Photo: Sunshineramsey71, CC BY-SA 4.0.