From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Port Erin
Port Erin
Coordinates: 54°05′06″N 4°45′18″W / 54.085°N 4.755°W /
54.085; -4.755
Port Erin
Manx:
Manx: Purt Çhiarn
Bradda Head with Milner’s Tower
Seafront at Port Erin
Port Erin
Port Erin shown within the Isle of Man
Population 3,369 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SC196691 Stack at cliffs near Port Erin
Parish Rushen
Sheading Rushen Port Erin (Manx: Purt Çhiarn) is a village in the south of
Crown dependency Isle of Man the Isle of Man. Its population is 3,369 according to the
Post town ISLE OF MAN 2001 census. It is adjacent to the village of Port St Mary.
Postcode district IM9
Dialling code 01624
Police Isle of Man
History
Fire Isle of Man The name means either "iron port" or "lord’s port". The
Ambulance Isle of Man outer breakwater, visible at low tide only, was an aban-
House of Keys Rushen
doned project constructed in 1863 using the Port Erin
List of places: Isle of Man Breakwater Railway and saw the first steam locomotive
used on the island; a severe storm of 1884 later destroyed
the breakwater and it was never rebuilt. Today, a marker
buoy shows the extent of the breakwater and the land
end is still clearly discernible.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Port Erin
Milner’s Tower. The promenade, which is somewhat
higher than the seafront, primarily consists of hotels -
mostly built in the Victorian era, although due to
changes in taste among tourists, many of these are being
converted into flats and apartments. The town is famed
for its views including spectacular sunsets over Port Erin
Bay and Bradda Head as well as frequent glimpses of the
Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland in the distance.
The village is home to an arts centre, the Erin Arts
Centre, which hosts the biggest international viola com-
petition in the world[citation needed] and runs over 200
events a year. There is a railway museum attached to Port
Erin railway station, the western terminus of the Isle of
Man steam railway.
One of the more famous residents in recent years was
racing driver Nigel Mansell who lived at Bradda, above
the village.
The 2006 film Stormbreaker (starring Ewan McGregor)
was filmed on Port Erin beach.
The harbour was home to a University of Liverpool
Marine Biology department which was closed in 2006 and
the building’s future is as yet undecided.
See also
• Bradda Head
Bradda Head in a Victorian engraving • Isle of Man Railway
• Port Erin railway station
To the north-east by the A7 road are the earthwork • Port Erin Railway Museum
remains of a motte and bailey castle known as Cronk
Mooar,
Howe Mooar possibly the site of a timber fortification
built by Magnus Barelegs [Barefoot] c1100. External links
• Information about Port Erin
The contemporary town • The Erin Arts Centre
• University of Liverpool
The beach is sandy and is bounded by two headlands • Port Erin Hotels
which funnel the prevailing westerly wind towards the
village. One, Bradda Head, has a memorial tower called
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