Must-see attractions in Isle of Man

  • Top Choice
    Great Laxey Wheel

    It's no exaggeration to describe the Lady Isabella Laxey Wheel, built in 1854 to pump water from a mine, as a 'great' wheel: it measures 22m across and…

  • Top Choice
    Castle Rushen

    Castletown is dominated by the impressive 13th-century Castle Rushen, one of the most complete medieval structures in Europe. You can visit the gatehouse,…

  • Manx Museum & National Art Gallery

    This modern museum begins with an introductory film to the island's 10,000-year history and then races through it, making various stops including Viking…

  • Cregneash Village Folk Museum

    Until the early part of the 20th century, most farmers on the island engaged in a practice known as crofting – a social system defined by small-scale…

  • Old House of Keys

    The former home of the Manx Parliament (lower house of the Tynwald) has been restored to its 1866 appearance – a key date in island history as it was then…

  • Calf of Man

    This small island just off Cregneash is on one of western Britain's major bird migration routes, and 33 species breed annually here, including Manx…

  • Rushen Abbey

    From Viking kings to ’70s disco, this abbey has lived its fair share of history. Founded in 1134, it was one of the island's most important centres of…

  • Grove Museum of Victorian Life

    This imposing house was built in the mid-19th century by Liverpool shipping merchant Duncan Gibb as a summer retreat for himself and his family. It has…

  • Balladoole Iron Age Fort

    This collection of ancient monuments between Castletown and Cregneash includes a Bronze Age grave dating to 10,000 BC, a Christian chapel from around 900…

  • Peel Castle

    Peel's big attraction is the ruin of the 11th-century Peel Castle, stunningly positioned atop St Patrick's Island and joined to Peel by a causeway. There…

  • Maughold Church & Stone Crosses

    The church in the small village of Maughold is located on the site of an ancient Celtic monastery founded in AD 600; a small shelter houses quite a good…

  • Nautical Museum

    This small museum displays, among other things, its pride and joy, Peggy, a schooner built by politician and occasional smuggler George Quayle in 1791 and…

  • House of Manannan

    The House of Manannan museum uses interactive displays to explain Manx history and its seafaring traditions. It includes reconstructions of a Viking…

  • Old Grammar School

    Built as a church around 1200, the building was converted in 1570 to a boys' grammar school. The building was extensively restored in 2016 and 2017 and is…

  • Tynwald Hill

    A four-tiered hill that is one of the island's most distinctive landmarks, Tynwald Hill is where, on July 5, the annual open-air meeting of the parliament…

  • Railway Museum

    Port Erin's small Railway Museum reveals the history of steam railway on the island. There are guided tours on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings.

  • Lonan Old Church

    The wheel-headed cross at Lonan Old Church, just north of Douglas, is the island's most impressive early Christian cross.