Little Isabella

The Groudle Glen Water Wheel unofficially known by the sobriquet of Little Isabella 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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: watermill in Groudle Glen, Isle of Man
  • Also known as: “Groudle Glen Water Wheel” and “Groudle Wheel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Groudle Glen and Lhen Coan railway station.

Railway stop
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station is the first mandatory stopping point and major station on the Manx Electric Railway which serves the village of in the , and is situated between and on the route to and .

Railway stop
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Lhen Coan Station is the landward terminus of the Groudle Glen Railway in the . It is reached by visitors from the nearby on the Manx Electric Railway. is situated 220 metres east of Little Isabella.

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 270 metres southeast of Little Isabella.

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.

Village
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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.

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 2½ km west of Little Isabella.

Little Isabella

Latitude
54.17857° or 54° 10′ 43″ north
Longitude
-4.43015° or 4° 25′ 49″ west
Inception
1893, 1954, and 2020
Open location code
9C6Q5HH9+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1171624282
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­watermill
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q6650443
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