Church Road, Onchan
This is a little bit hidden. You need to go down The Butt (Church Road) towards St Peter’s Church. Behind Molly Carrooin’s Cottage you will find the Onchan Village Green marked with an stone monument and behind that the entrance to this little oasis. Dr David Bellamy officially opened this small conservation area in 1992. […]
Main Road, Ballaugh, IM7 5AE
Opened in July 1965, the Wildlife Park has over 350 different animals and 70 different species. Favourites include: Flamingos, Otters, Penguins, Meerkats, Monkeys and Wallabies. Some of the wallabies escaped when the park first opened so the Island now has a population of wild wallabies. Kush the Red Panda has also escaped a couple of […]
Main Road, Ballaugh, IM7 5EA
Created by retreating Ice at the end of the Ice Age this area has been used agriculturally to grow hay and peat is cut to fuel fires. In the 1930s there was an initiative to grow Flax in the region but this failed and by 1963 the land belonged to the Isle of Man Government […]
