Leece Museum
The Leece Museum is a museum in Peel, Isle of Man established in 1984. It is dedicated to the local history of Peel. The museum is housed in the Old Courthouse, a building dating back to the early 1700s that originally served as the town's courthouse and jail until the late 19th century.- Type: Museum
- Description: Local museum in Peel, Isle of Man
- Also known as: “The Leece Museum”
- Address: East Quay, Peel, IM5 1AR
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ward Public Library and Peel Castle.
Peel Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Peel Castle is a castle in Peel in the Isle of Man, originally constructed by Norwegians. The castle stands on St Patrick's Isle, which is connected to the town by a causeway. Peel Castle is situated 310 metres north of Leece Museum.
Saint Patrick’s Isle
Island
Photo: Richard Rimmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Patrick's Isle is a small tidal island on the west coast of the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, largely occupied by the ruins of Peel Castle and of the Pre-Reformation Cathedral of the Diocese of the Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Patrick and St John’s.
Patrick
Village
Photo: Manx James, CC0.
Patrick is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. 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 Patrick is now covered by part of the town of Peel.
St John’s
Village
Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0.
St John's is a small village in the sheading of Glenfaba in the Isle of Man, in the Island's central valley. It is in the House of Keys constituency of Glenfaba & Peel, which elects two MHKs. St John’s is situated 4½ km southeast of Leece Museum.
Glen Maye
Village
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glen Maye is a glen and a small village on the west coast of the Isle of Man, 2+1⁄2 miles south of Peel. The village is connected to Peel by a bus service. Glen Maye is situated 4½ km south of Leece Museum.
Leece Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Peel, Isle of Man, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.22399° or 54° 13′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.69733° or 4° 41′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6Q68F3+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 146833068OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q6515736
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