Guided Tours of Mann Alexander Drive, Douglas, IM2 3QG Jane Hodson, a Blue Badge Guide, runs her own bespoke touring company, that caters to specific requirements. She also has a selection of set tours which you can choose from her website. Read More
Hango Hill/Mount Strange Derbyhaven Road, Castletown, IM9 Probably dating back to the Bronze Age and a burial site. The name comes from the Norse “hanga-haugr”, meaning Gallows hill. The Derbys’ renamed it as Mount Strange in honour of their Derby heir Lord Strange however the original name remains in use. Manx nationalist, Illiam Dhone who led the Manx Rebellion against the Derbys […] Read More
Henry Madoc’s Memorial If you are visiting Langness and wondering why there is a bird bath like structure enclosed by iron fencing, close to a ruined farmhouse, it is because, this is the memorial to Henry Madoc, a keen ornithologist. Henry William Madoc, served in the Boer War, became Chief Constable of the Island in 1911 and went […] Read More
Herring Tower Langness, Castletown, IM9 1UB Herring Tower designed and built by Thomas Brine in 1823 is a copy of the tower in Peel Castle. A second tower was built on Douglas head and later incorporated into the Douglas Head Hotel in 1869 which was itself demolished and turned into flats in 1999 keeping the tower. Both towers were created as […] Read More
Howstrake Holiday Camp Howstrake Holiday Camp, King Edward's Road, Groudle Howstrake, established in 1907 was the first holiday camp in the British Isles. The Camp replaced the “Cunningham’s International Young Men’s Holiday Camp”, which occupied the same site, from about 1897 until 1903. The beautiful forested Groudle Glen with nature trails, beach and minute railway, lies immediately to the north of the site. The campsite […] Read More
iMuseum and Family History Archives Kingswood Grove, Douglas, IM1 3LY The iMuseum is an image record of newspapers, photos and lists of sites and monuments, war memorials, historic towns and villages. On an Island that is just 33 miles long and 13 miles wide, find out for yourself what is out there from Viking to Victorian, lighthouse to castle. It also houses the Family History […] Read More
