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Ramsey (Manx: Rhumsaa) is a coastal town in the north of the Isle of Man. It is the second largest town on the island after Douglas. Its population is 7,845 according to the 2016 Census. It has one of the biggest harbours on the island, and has a prominent derelict pier, called the Queen's Pier (currently under restoration).
- Queen's Pier, Ramsey
Queen's Pier, Ramsey. Coordinates: 54.3194°N 4.3707°W....
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- Queen's Pier, Ramsey
Ramsey is a coastal town in the north of the Isle of Man. It is the second largest town on the island after Douglas. Its population is 7,845 according to the 2016 Census. It has one of the biggest harbours on the island, and has a prominent derelict pier, called the Queen's Pier .
Ramsey is a port and beach resort on the northeast coast of the Isle of Man. It's about the island's closest point to England - Whitehaven is 36 miles / 58 km northeast - so the port was historically important until Douglas developed. Ramsey ( Manx: Rhumsaa) derives from Old Norse hrams-á, meaning "wild garlic river".
Ramsey the Isle of Man. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ramsey like this: RAMSEY, a town in Kirk-Maughold parish, Isle of Man; on the N E coast, at the mouth of the river Sulby, 14 miles N N E of Douglas.
Ramsey, in the north, is the Isle of Man's second largest town. Sheltered beneath the slopes of North Barrule lies the northern town of Ramsey which, with a population of 7,809 (census 2011), is the Island's second largest town.
