Travel tips in Isle of Man

Natural features

Calf of Man

Rushen

A small island bird sanctuary off the south-west tip of the Isle of Man, with puffins, Manx shearwaters and seals.

Historic sites

Castle Rushen, Castletown

Rushen

One of the best-preserved medieval castles in the British Isles, built by Norse kings and later lords of Mann, in the Isle of Man's old capital, Cast…

Historic sites

Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man

Lonan, Garff

The largest working waterwheel in the world, 22 m across, built in 1854 to pump water from the lead mines.

Historic sites

Peel Castle

German, Glenfaba

The ruins of a castle and cathedral on St Patrick's Isle, joined to the fishing town of Peel by a causeway, a site of Christian worship since the 6th…