Glen Auldyn
Glen Auldyn is a narrow valley about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long on the Isle of Man, with a river of the same name. This flows in a NNE direction and flows into the River Sulby not far from its estuary, near Ramsey. It is entirely within the parish of Lezayre. The lower one-third of the valley is inhabited and is partly followed by the B16 road. This section is overlooked by Sky Hill.
The middle section of the valley contains a ribbon of mature oak woodland.[1]
The valley contains the small church of St Fingan.[2]
In the valley is an underground reservoir with a capacity of around 6,800 cubic metres (240,000 cu ft) which supplies the north and east of the island.[3]
In May 2025, Manx Wildlife Trust announced that they had purchased 455 hectares (1124 acres) of land in the upper parts of Glen Auldyn, including the moorland to the west, to create a new nature reserve where temperate rainforest will be restored. This forms Manx Wildlife Trust's 32nd and largest Manx nature reserve.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Manx Wildlife Trust
- ^ "BBC: Domesday Reloaded". Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ BBC: Opening of reservoir
- ^ https://www.mwt.im/news/major-rainforest-restoration-project-launches-isle-man
- ^ https://www.mwt.im/nature-reserves/glen-auldyn
54°18′12″N 4°25′17″W / 54.3034°N 4.4213°W
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