Onchan
Sign in to saveOnchan (; ) is a large village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation.
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Key facts
- UK place.crown_dependency
- Isle of Man
- UK place.official_name
- Onchan
- UK place.manx_name
- Kione Droghad
- UK place.population
- 9,172
- UK place.population_ref
- (2006 census)
- UK place.manx_parish
- Onchan
- UK place.manx_sheading
- Middle
- UK place.constituency_manx_parliament
- Onchan Garff
- UK place.post_town
- Isle of Man
- UK place.postcode_district
- IM3
- UK place.postcode_area
- IM
- UK place.dial_code
- 01624
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Man
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Located in
- Onchan
- Population
- +9172
- Official website
- www.onchan.org.im
- Image
- Isle-of-man-onchan-laxey.jpg
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- P8168
- Satoshi Fukuda
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
25 sectionsContents
- Early history
- The ''Butt''
- 20th century development
- Government House
- Transport
- Religion
- Facilities and accommodation
- Demographics
- Education
- Notable people
- Sport
- Football
- Stock cars
- Equestrian
- Golf
- Pleasure Park
- Glens
- Groudle Glen
- Molly Quirk's Glen
- Bibaloe Glen
- ''Raad Ny Foillan''
- Onchan wetlands
- Societies
- References
- External links
Onchan (; ) is a large village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation.
In Manx the name for the village is Kione Droghad meaning "bridge end".