Rowany Cottier and the surrounding area

Rowany Cottier offers an ideal base from which to discover the rich heritage of this lovely isle. Port Erin is set among rugged cliffs and dramatic headland. With its deep U-shaped bay and broad sandy beach, Port Erin provides excellent bathing and water sports.

Fishermen and divers are both attracted by its clear water and rich marine life. The coastal footpath to picturesque Port St Mary and the path north to Fleshwick bay and beyond are outstanding with dramatic cliffs, sea stacks and breathtaking panoramas opening up at ever turn in the path. To further appreciate this lovely coastline and its wildlife a boat trips to the Calf of Man is a must. The Calf of Man is particularly interesting as it is an observation point for a wide variety of breeding and migrating birds, a home to the Chough, a flock of rare Manx four-horned Loughtan sheep and a large seal colony.

Cregneish open air folk village just a slight detour from the coastal footpath gives you an ideal excuse for a cup of tea and maybe a piece of cake while you go back in time to the 19th century when fishing and crofting were the mainstays for communities like this.

Port Erin is also home to the renowned Erin Arts Centre an excellent venue for exhibitions, music and plays.

“The scenery of the Isle of Man is unique. Its mountains, though of comparatively small scale, are rugged and picturesque. Of the thousands who visit its shores every year, all are fascinated by the loveliness of its glens, its wealth of golden gorse and purple heather and its breezy ‘green hills by the sea’. It is as though the great agencies of Nature had worked with loving hand in making it fertile and beautiful”.

W.H. GILL