Port Erin Beach — Attraction in Port Erin

Lovely sandy beach with calm shallow seas. Great views of land and sea.

Port Erin (Manx: Purt Çhiarn 'lord's port' or originally 'Irish port') is a seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of Rushen. It was previously a seaside resort before the decline of the tourist trade. Administratively it is designated as a village district, with its own board of Commissioners. The district covers around 1 square mile, and is adjacent to: Port St Mary to the south-east; the main part of Arbory and Rushen parish district to the north and east; the sea to the west; and an exclave of Arbory and Rushen parish district (including the village of Cregneash) to the south. Following recent residential expansion, the settlement is now contiguous with that of Port St Mary, and on 18 July 2018 Tynwald authorised a public enquiry into the proposed expansion of the district boundary to include some of this expansion.

The village was twinned with...

I have many memories of Port Erin from my childhood when we used to stay here and it hasn't changed much over the years. It has decent sand for making sandcastles, the beach is reasonably flat, so you can go in the sea for quite a way and as it's protected by the breakwater, there is no major tides to pull you out too far. Most things that you need are within a stone's throw (almost literally) such as restaurants, pubs, fish and chips, ice cream (most important!) and even wet suit and canoe hire, with the steam railway to Douglas just at the top of the hill. A fair amount of free parking is available right next to the beach, but get there early for...

Port Erin and its Beach is a lovely part of the isle of Man people are so friendly like most of the Manx inhabitant's the beach area is great and very well kept its good for the young and old alike there is plenty for every one to do or just sit and watch the world go round, they even cater for the dogs walkers with a special time for them on the beach early in...