PORT ERIN AREA
Port Erin is especially fortunate in its many places of local interest easily reached on foot, by car, by boat or kayak or even by the steam railway.
In a northerly direction a two mile walk from the sea-front round Bradda Head can be continued to Fleshwick Bay, which is an ideal place for picnics. The lovely Sloc Road from Port Erin to Peel runs over the shoulder of Cronk ny Irree Laa and Dalby Mountain, and gives a superb panorama of the whole of the south of the Island, yet it is one of the most deserted of Manx roads, even in the height of the season.
South of Port Erin, cliff and field paths give access to the remote and old-world village of Cregneash, and to the famous Meayll Circle, a prehistoric burial place. There is a path along the cliffs of the peninsula, round Spanish Head and the Chasms, which gives fine views from The Sound of the Calf of Man which is a bird sanctuary.
Only a mile to the east lies the picturesque fishing village of Port St Mary, Gansey Bay and Chapel Bay. Although this page describes areas of local interest in the outlying area of Port Erin, the rest of the Island is very close, the furthest destination being only an hours drive away.
Local Interest in the Port Erin area










