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| Vantage Points To Watch From and
How To Get There When The Roads Are Closed. |
The
Isle of Man welcomes overseas drivers
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Vantage Points Outside The Course and Number of Miles From
The Start |
| Quarter Bridge |
Sharp Rght-Handed Bend. 1.25 miles.
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Through Douglas past the Bus
Station, along Lord Street and Peel Road, past the garage showroom and the Fire
Station. |
| Braddan Bridge |
Fast S bends 1.75 miles.
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Head to the Quarter Bridge, turn
left off Peel Road at the Power Station, first right up to the Castletown Road,
turn right, then first left, continue down Saddle Road. |
| Union Mills |
Fast Bends. 2.5 miles. |
As for Braddan, turn left when
coming to the Castletown Road, travel up the hill to the roundabout, turn
right. Go straight across the next roundabout, take the second turning on the
right, this is a narrow road down to Union Mills. Take it slowly. |
| Glen Vine |
Fast Straight. Nearly 4 miles.
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As for Union Mills, to the cross
roads on Castletown Road, turn right, carry on to Braaid Chapel, turn right
down the hill and right at the bottom. |
| Crosby |
Fast Straight. 4.75 miles
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Head for Glen Vine, past Braaid
Chapel, take the second right at the cross roads, this is a very steep hill
down to Crosby. |
| Ballacraine |
Sharp Right-Hand Turn. 7.5 miles.
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Head to the Quarter Bridge, turn
left off Peel Road at the Power Station, first right up to the Castletown Road,
turn left and continue on Castletown Road to Ballasalla, turn right at
Whitestone Pub, then first left at roundabout, continue over bridge to
crossroads, turn right onto Ballamoda straight follow road for approx 7 miles
to Ballacraine. |
| Ballig Bridge |
Fast Short Straight. 8 miles.
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Travel as if going to Ballacraine,
after leaving Foxdale, and at next crossroads, turn left towards St Johns
Village, straight across the main road, behind Tynwald Hill, take this road
slowly, over river, up the hill, turn right for Ballig Bridge. |
| Laurel Bank |
Fast Right-Hand Turn. 8.75 miles.
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Travel as if going to Ballig Bridge,
but turn left, turn right at the top of the hill, this is a narrow road, take
it slowly. Turn sharp right after approximately half a mile, leave your vehicle
here, walk down the hill to the course. Keep the lane clear for the Emergency
Services. |
| Cronk-y-Voddy |
Very Fast Straight with Slight
Switchback. 10.75 miles. |
Asd for ballig Bridge, turn left,
take first right to the Switchback Road; you can then either turn right as for
Laurel bank, at the cross roads turn right for the course, or go to the end of
the Switchback Road, turn right on the coast road to Kirk Michael Village. Take
first right on the hill to the course. |
| Barregarrow |
Fast Bends. 12.5 miles.
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Head for Cronk-Y-Voddy, but stay on
the coast road towards Kirk Michael, turn right after sudden drop down to Glem
Mooar. |
| Kirk Michael |
Fast Right-Hand Turn Near 14th
Milestone. |
As for Barregarrow, but stay on the
coast road to Kirk Michael. |
| Ballaugh Bridge |
Fast Jump and Turn. 17 miles.
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Head for Sulby cross roads, go
straight over Sandygate cross roads, travel for 2.5 miles, straight over cross
roads again, then left around old Ballaugh Church, bear right, travel for 1.5
miles, past Ballaugh New Church to the Course. |
| Sulby Cross Roads
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Fast Straight. 19 miles.
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As for Sulby Bridge, but go straight
over St Judes cross roads, left at Sandygate cross roads, travel for 2 miles to
the course. |
| Sulby Bridge |
Fast Right-Hand Turn. 19.75 miles.
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Turn left, into the road opposite
the road for Ramsey Cottage Hospital as for Milltown and Glentramman, take
fourth left at St Judes cross roads, after you have passed St Judes Church.
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| Glentramman |
Fast Bends. 22 miles. |
Through Ramsey, across stone bridge
at the top of the Harbour, straight on, then left into the road ooposite Ramsey
Cottage Hospital, then second left, across the river by the ford. |
| Ramsey |
Approximately 23.5 miles.
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Parliament Square (slow right and
left turns), Cruickshank's Corner (fast right-hand), May Hill (fast right
corner). |
| Hairpin |
Slow Left-Hand Turn. 24.25 miles.
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Head for Water works, but proceed
along narrow road as far as possible, then by foot to the course. |
| Waterworks |
Fast Climbing Right-Hand Turn. 24.5
miles |
Travel on the main Douglas to Ramsey
coast road, down the hill into Ramsey, take left narrow road at the Electric
Railway Crossing. Leave your vehicle on the side of the road, walk up through
the woods to the course. |
| Gooseneck |
Sharp Climbing Right-Hand Turn.
25.25 miles. |
Travel on the coast road from
Douglas to Ramsey, 1.5 miles after passing the Glen Mona Hotel, take the
left-hand road, opposite right-hand or Maughold. This road is very narrow, so
is really only suitable for bikes, anything bigger wil block the road for the
Emergency Services. |
| Bungalow |
31 miles. |
Go to Laxey Railway Station, take
the Electric Tram to the course. |
| Windy Corner |
Fast Right-Hand Corner. 32.5 miles.
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Motor Cycles Only. Head for
Creg-Ny-Baa, but take the road to the right at the "T" junction. Then left.
This is a narrow twisty road, go slowly. Travel three-quarters of a mile, after
a sharp rise with a sharp left-hand hairpin, continue up the track, past Glen
Roy Farm (please shut the gate) to the course. |
| Creg-Ny-Baa |
Right-Hand Corner. 34 miles.
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Travel through Onchan on the main
road down to the White Bridge up to the top of the hill, turn left, travel for
2.5 miles, then turn left at the "T" junction for the course. |
| Hillberry Corner |
Very Fast Right-Hand Corner. 36
miles. |
As for Sign Post Corner, but
straight on through the traffic lights at the Manx Arms, take the third left,
just after the Commissioners Office, travel up School Road, past Dowty's
Factory, stay on this road to the course. |
| Signpost Corner |
Right-Hand Turn. 36.5 miles.
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Along Douglas Promenade then up
Summer Hill, to the roundabout in Onchan, turn right along the main road to the
traffic lights at the Manx Arms, turn left here, up the hill to the course.
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| Governor's Bridge
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Very Slow S-Bends. 37.25 miles
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Up Summer Hill, turn left at the
top, travel up Blackberry Lane, turn left. |
Vantage
Points Inside The Course Accessible With One Another
| Braddan
Bridge |
Fast S-Bends 1.75 miles.
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From top of Bray Hill travel along
Ballanard Road to the Cross Roads, turn left down the hill, bear slightly right
over Stone Bridge, up the hill to the "T" junction. Turn left down the hill to
the course. |
| Union
Mills |
Fast Bends. 2.5 miles. |
Head for Braddan Bridge, but turn
right at the "T" junction. Travel up the hill to the Cross Roads, turn left to
the course. |
| Glen
Vine |
Fast Bends. Nearly 4 miles.
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As for Union Mills, but go straight
over the Cross Roads, take the road left at the next "T" junction, then first
left to the course. |
| Crosby
Village |
fast Straight. 4.75 miles.
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Head for Glen Vine, stay on the main
road, down the hill to Crosby Village. |
| Cronk-Y-Voddy |
Very Fast Straight. 10.75 miles.
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Head for Union Mills, go straight
over the Cross Roads, then turn right by Baldwin Valley, up the hill, then down
to Brandywell Cottage. After the S-Bends turn sharp left. This is a very narrow
road down to the course. |
| Barregarrow Cross
Roads |
Fast Bends. 12.5 miles.
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As for Cronk-Y-Voddy, but after the
S-Bends stay on the main road. |
| Ballaugh
Bridge |
Fast Jump, Turn. 17 miles.
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As for Brandywell Road, turn right
at Brandywell Cottage immediately after crossing the cattle grid. Turn left,
this is a narrow road with gates, take it slowly. Go down as far as Ballaugh
Glen, at the "T" junction turn right to the course. |
| Ginger
Hall |
20 miles |
From the Bungalow, turn right in
Sulby Glen, travel over the Claddaghs to the Ginger Hall. |
| Brandywell
Road |
Left Hand Turn. |
Head for Cronk-Y-Voddy, at
Brandywell Cottage turn right, travel for 3.5 miles to the course.
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| Bungalow |
31 miles. |
From the Ginger Hall, take the
left-hand road at the "T" junction in Sulby Glen, travel up through the Glen to
the Bungalow. |
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