MANX WIRE · THE OPEN ROAD
No clock. No race. Just you and the island.
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Preparing the island…
The college quadrangle, long stone ranges and central clock tower.
Choose a starting point and drive anywhere on the mapped road network. There is no race, timer or prescribed route. Try Douglas promenade, the south coast, Peel, Ramsey or the Mountain Road. Roads, coastline, building footprints and terrain are mapped; scenery and vehicle handling are simplified for play.
W / ↑ accelerates. S / ↓ brakes, then reverses once stopped. A / D or the left and right arrows steer. Space / B brakes. V switches between the driver’s seat and chase camera. On a phone, use the steering pad, Accelerate, Reverse and Brake buttons.
If you get stuck, use Return to nearest road. Pick any landmark and choose Start near this landmark to begin a different drive. Change the weather, time of day and paint whenever you like.
Mapped roads, more than 33,000 mapped building footprints, island elevation, coastal water and nearby meadow detail share the same world as Ronaldsway Flight. High and Ultra add sharper shadows, detailed materials, cloud volumes and atmospheric lighting. Choose Auto for a render budget that adapts to your device.
Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Terrain: Mapzen / Tilezen, USGS and Copernicus EU-DEM. Imagery contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data. Photographic materials: Poly Haven, CC0. Asset credits · Graphics library notices.
The college quadrangle, long stone ranges and central clock tower.
Castletown’s great medieval keep and curtain walls.
The school campus west of Castletown.
The monastic ruins at Ballasalla.
The lighthouse at the southern end of Langness.
Fort Island, its fort and chapel ruins.
Alfred Pier, the inner quay and the two harbour basins.
The beach, Raglan Pier and ruined breakwater below Bradda Head.
The distinctive key-shaped tower above Port Erin.
Thatched cottages in the southern hills.
The strait, Kitterland and the Calf offshore.
The tall offshore lighthouse south of the Calf.
Thatched cottages and the rocky west coast.
St Patrick’s Isle, round tower and cathedral ruins.
The four-storey stone tower and family memorial on Peel Hill.
The tiered hill and St John’s chapel.
The roofless church of the Buggane legend.
The castellated house above the TT course.
Woodland and a river valley in the central hills.
The famous TT jump in Ballaugh village.
The coastal church overlooking the northern plain.
The red-and-white lighthouse at the northern tip.
The harbour and swing bridge on the Sulby River.
The eastern headland lighthouse.
The wooded glen on the eastern coast.
Lady Isabella: the great red waterwheel and aqueduct.
The island’s 621 m summit, café and radio masts.
Where the mountain railway crosses the TT course.
The start and finish of the TT Mountain Course.
The museum above Douglas town centre.
The miniature castle on Conister Rock in Douglas Bay, built in 1832 as a refuge for shipwrecked sailors.
The lighthouse on Douglas Head, with its walled keepers' compound and the little white Camera Obscura nearby, overlooking the bay and harbour.
The Sea Terminal on the Douglas quays, with its round pavilion, curved office range and long ribbed hall roof, where the ferries berth.
The large office complex on King Edward Road at Onchan Head, north of Douglas Bay: pitched slate pods round a car park and a glazed rotunda. It is known as the home of a large online gaming company.
The Villa Marina on Harris Promenade: a Victorian pleasure palace with a round lantern roof and eight slate gables, beside the formal sunken gardens.
The Edwardian Gaiety Theatre, with its glazed canopy, parapet and little domed cupola at the front and a tall stage house behind.
A little bridge on the road south. Say hello to the fairies.
Landmark references: Manx National Heritage · Visit Isle of Man · King William’s College · Ronaldsway Airport
